Frontal lobe epilepsy
Supplementary motor area Area anterior to the primary motor cortex that is involved in planning complex motor movements and ... The seizures are complex partial, simple partial, secondarily generalized or a combination of the three. These partial seizures ... These main functional areas are crucial to the development of the motor related symptoms associated with frontal lobe epilepsy ... Primary motor cortex The primary motor cortex has jacksonian seizures that spread to adjacent areas of the lobe which often ...
Dravet syndrome
Until a better form of treatment or cure is discovered, those with this disease will have myoclonic epilepsy for the rest of ... This disease progresses to other seizure types like myoclonic and partial seizures, psychomotor delay, and ataxia. It is ... Children with Dravet syndrome typically experience a lagged development of language and motor skills, hyperactivity and sleep ... "NICE: Epilepsies: diagnosis and management". The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). 11 January 2012. ...
Beck-Fahrner syndrome
Epilepsy affects over one-third individuals with Beck-Fahrner syndrome; generalized tonic-clonic seizures, complex partial ... Neurodevelopmental anomalies, motor and movement disorders such as hypotonia (most common), dystonia, spasticity, tic disorder ... Neurology would be involved when the patient develops epilepsy or if there is an indication for anticonvulsant therapy. ... epilepsy and dysmorphic features. It is diagnosed using molecular and genetic testing in setting of typical symptoms. ...
Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy
ADNFLE is a partial epilepsy disorder characterized by brief violent seizures during sleep. Seizures are complex, consisting of ... These seizures often involve complex motor movements, such as hand clenching, arm raising/lowering, and knee bending. ... "An amino acid exchange in the second transmembrane segment of a neuronal nicotinic receptor causes partial epilepsy by altering ... These drugs are discussed in the main epilepsy article.[citation needed] El Helou J, Navarro V, Depienne C, Fedirko E, LeGuern ...
Kohlschütter-Tönz syndrome
Some patients showed a partial response to treatment, but very few were able to stop their epilepsy through treatment. One case ... The infant's symptoms included loss of motor skills, mental disability, epilepsy, and missing enamel. The infant also showed ... The third child's epilepsy was responsive to treatment and was ambulant, but she had an intellectual disability and only slight ... The severity of these symptoms is correlated with the intensity, frequency, and age of onset of the patient's epilepsy as well ...
Complex partial status epilepticus
Complex partial status epilepticus (CPSE) is one of the non-convulsive forms of status epilepticus, a rare form of epilepsy ... Sometimes this is accompanied by motor automatisms, such as eye twitching. As is the case with other non-convulsive status ...
Angelman syndrome
The epilepsy can be controlled by the use of one or more types of anticonvulsant medications. However, there are difficulties ... The diagnosis of Angelman syndrome is based on:[citation needed] A history of delayed motor milestones and then later a delay ... Theta activity (~5 Hz) is much greater in children with partial 15q deletions. Thus, delta activity appears to be chiefly ... Characteristic facial appearance (but not in all cases). A history of epilepsy and an abnormal EEG tracing. A happy disposition ...
Anti-VGKC-complex encephalitis
An inherited form of human epilepsy known as autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features (ADPEAF) has been found ... motor impairment and epilepsy. The diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis is based on the exclusion of differential diagnosis. ... LGI1 knockout mice cause lethal epilepsy and the heterozygous mice have a lowered seizure threshold. Mutations of CNTNAP2 (the ... 2010). "Disruption of LGI1-linked synaptic complex causes abnormal synaptic transmission and epilepsy". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ...
Rasmussen's encephalitis
... although these are often partial. Focal motor seizures or epilepsia partialis continua are particularly common, and may be very ... The epilepsy might derive from a disturbed GABA release, the main inhibitory neurotransmitter of the mammalian brain. The cause ... An EEG will usually show the electrical features of epilepsy and slowing of brain activity in the affected hemisphere, and MRI ... This inflammation causes permanent damage to the cells of the brain, leading to atrophy of the hemisphere; the epilepsy that ...
Automatic behavior
If the patient has an effective automatism such as facial expressions that exhibit fear, the limbic motor region of the ... These are all examples of things someone does daily and possible side effects they can experience due to their epilepsy. ... in complex partial seizures and Jacksonian seizures), narcolepsy, or in response to a traumatic event. Automatic behavior can ... Chen, Yu-Ting; Sahaya, Kinshuk; Lee, Ricky; Hinkle, Jay; Greenfield, L. (2016-04-05). "Eating Epilepsy, a Rare and Under- ...
Polymicrogyria
Cognitive and motor delay of variable severity, seizures Rates of symptoms in PMG include 78% for epilepsy, 70% for global ... some with arthrogryposis or lower motor neuron disease Bilateral parasagittal parieto-occipital polymicrogyria (BPPP) - Partial ... Cognitive and motor delay, spastic quadriparesis, epilepsy Bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria (BFPP) - Severe cognitive ... Most of the patients have cognitive and motor delay, spastic hemi- or quadriparesis, and seizures in varying degrees. The ...
List of syndromes
Mediterranean fever Familial partial lipodystrophy Fanconi syndrome Favre-Racouchot syndrome Febrile infection-related epilepsy ... Acute brain syndrome Acute chest syndrome Acute coronary syndrome Acute HME syndrome Acute interstitial pneumonitis Acute motor ... hour sleep-wake disorder Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines Noonan syndrome Norman-Roberts syndrome Northern epilepsy ... Wall Utility brainstem Ulysses syndrome Uncombable hair syndrome Uner Tan syndrome Upper airway resistance syndrome Upper motor ...
List of MeSH codes (C10)
... epilepsy, frontal lobe MeSH C10.228.140.490.360.272 - epilepsy, partial, motor MeSH C10.228.140.490.360.275 - epilepsy, partial ... epilepsies, partial MeSH C10.228.140.490.360.260 - epilepsy, complex partial MeSH C10.228.140.490.360.270 - ... epilepsy, temporal lobe MeSH C10.228.140.490.370 - epilepsy, benign neonatal MeSH C10.228.140.490.375 - epilepsy, generalized ... epilepsy MeSH C10.228.140.490.250 - epilepsies, myoclonic MeSH C10.228.140.490.250.300 - myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile MeSH ...
Fabrice Bartolomei
Permittivity coupling across brain regions determines seizure recruitment in partial epilepsy. J Neurosci. 2014 Nov 5;34(45): ... Epileptogenic networks in seizures arising from motor systems. Epilepsy Res. 2013 Sep;106(1-2):92-102. doi: 10.1016/j. ... Topological changes associated with partial epilepsies in the interictal period from SEEG signals or MRI bold connectivity ... in refractory epilepsy have reduced interictal cortical synchronicity on scalp EEG. Epilepsy Res. 2015 Jul;113:98-103. doi: ...
Northern epilepsy syndrome
These seizures, that may last up to 15 minutes, can be classified mostly as tonic-clonic, but partial seizures could also occur ... Mental function has a rapid decline, as observed by a lack of coordination, failure to complete education and fine motor ... Northern epilepsy syndrome (NE), or progressive epilepsy with mental retardation (EPMR), is a subtype of neuronal ceroid ... 1-CLN8 is known as Northern epilepsy syndrome, while 2-CLN8 is primarily from Turkish descent. Epilepsy Neuronal ceroid ...
Focal seizure
"partial seizure" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary [1] Archived 2013-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, Epilepsy Society - Are all ... in the primary motor cortex) in 1863. A complex partial seizure is a seizure that is associated with unilateral cerebral ... "2017 Revised Classification of Seizures". Epilepsy Foundation. "Types of Seizures". Epilepsy Foundation. Steven C. Schachter, ... "Focal nonmotor versus motor seizures: The impact on diagnostic delay in focal epilepsy". Epilepsia. 61 (12): 2643-2652. doi: ...
SLC25A22
... partial motor seizures and late tonic spasms. The prognosis is poor, with no effective treatment, and children with the ... Mutations in the SLC25A22 gene cause early infantile epileptic encephalopathy 3 (EIEE3), a severe form of epilepsy ... Migrating partial seizures in infancy, caused by a specific G110R mutation in the SLC25A22 gene, can be inherited. Although ... December 2013). "SLC25A22 is a novel gene for migrating partial seizures in infancy". Annals of Neurology. 74 (6): 873-82. doi: ...
Dup15q
Motor impairments are very common in individuals with the disorder. Rates of epilepsy in children with isodicentric ... This is a genomic copy number variant that leads to a type of neurodevelopmental disorder, caused by partial duplication of the ... "Epilepsy, E/I balance and GABAA receptor plasticity." Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 1 (2008): 5. Woerden, Geeske M. van ( ... This variant confers a strong risk for autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, and intellectual disability. It is the most common ...
Gray matter heterotopia
Nearly all affected patients that come to medical attention have epilepsy, with partial complex and atypical absence epilepsy ... In other cases, heterotopia can result in severe seizure disorders, loss of motor skills, and intellectual disability. During ... In general, patients present fixed neurologic deficits and develop partial epilepsy between the ages of 6 and 10. The more ... Symptomatic women with subependymal heterotopia typically present with partial epilepsy during the second decade of life; ...
Malignant migrating partial seizures in infancy
Articles with short description, Short description is different from Wikidata, Epilepsy, Epilepsy types). ... In the first phase, seizures are sporadic and typically only affect motor function. The second phase is termed the "stormy ... Malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy (MMPSI) is a rare epileptic syndrome that onsets before 6 months of age, ... These seizures are 'focal' (updated term for 'partial'), meaning they do not affect both sides of the brain at the same time. ...
Vertiginous epilepsy
Vertiginous epilepsies are included in the category of the partial epilepsy in which abnormal electrical activity in the brain ... Some such symptoms that may accompany vertiginous epilepsy include: Auditory hallucination Cognitive impairment Motor activity ... There are a range of ways to manage vertiginous epilepsy depending on the severity of the seizures. For simple partial seizures ... Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features. Seattle: University of Washington, 2007. Web. "Dizziness: ...
Seizure
Focal seizures (previously called partial seizures) are divided into simple partial or complex partial seizure. Current ... Classification of seizures and epilepsy syndromes" (PDF). The Epilepsies: The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in ... These may include sensory (including visual, auditory, etc.), cognitive, autonomic, olfactory or motor phenomena. In a complex ... Epilepsy results in economic costs in Europe of around €15.5 billion in 2004. In India, epilepsy is estimated to result in ...
Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy
The seizures are most typically characterized by complex motor behaviors. It is a relatively uncommon form of epilepsy that ... Williamson, P. D.; Spencer, D. D.; Spencer, S. S.; Novelly, R. A.; Mattson, R. H. (1985-10-01). "Complex partial seizures of ... Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE), previously known as nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, is a form of focal epilepsy ... Bisulli, Francesca; Licchetta, Laura; Tinuper, Paolo (2019-07-17). "Sleep related hyper motor epilepsy (SHE): a unique syndrome ...
Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency
Sodium valproate has been used for the treatment of generalized and partial seizures in humans for both epilepsy and bipolar ... Delayed gross motor development Delayed mental development Delayed fine motor skill development Delayed speech and language ... Elevations of GHB have been shown to induce spike and wave activity similar to that seen in generalized absence epilepsy in ... Pearl Phillip L.; Shukla Lovy; Theodore William H.; Jakobs Cornelis; Gibson K. Michael (2011). "Epilepsy in Succinic ...
Cerebral atrophy
Expressive aphasia is reflected in odd choices of words, the use of partial phrases, disjointed clauses, and incomplete ... and motor functions including abstract reasoning, memory, visuospatial ability, and gait and balance. That being said, while ... and lesions in cerebral tissue Epilepsy, in which lesions cause abnormal electrochemical discharges that result in seizures ... may impair motor coordination Senile dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, and vascular dementia Pick's disease, causes ...
Substantia nigra
Even so, partial dopamine deficits that do not affect motor control can lead to disturbances in the sleep-wake cycle, ... Altered patterns of pars reticulata firing such as single-spike or burst firing are found in Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. ... The motor role of the pars compacta may involve fine motor control, as has been confirmed in animal models with lesions in that ... The most prominent function of the pars compacta is motor control, though the substantia nigra's role in motor control is ...
Gluten-sensitive enteropathy-associated conditions
Epilepsy has been noticed in a sampling of coeliac disease patients. One prime example is calcium channel obstruction in the ... Such calcium channel blockages can cause visual problems or partial field hallucinations (Paroxysmal visual manifestations). ... and muscular hypotonia with retarded motor development, but magnetic resonance imaging detected unilateral and bilateral T2- ... Chapman RW, Laidlow JM, Colin-Jones D, Eade OE, Smith CL (1978). "Increased prevalence of epilepsy in coeliac disease". British ...
Ring chromosome 20 syndrome
... predominantly complex partial seizures, medically refractory cryptogenic epilepsy, Lennox-Gastaut-like features with no cause ... involuntary motor movements and/or head turning. Furthermore, many patients have subtle nighttime behavioral changes, such as ... However, its efficacy and safety are well established in other difficult to control epilepsy syndromes. Epilepsy surgery ... known as complex partial seizures. Other features you may see in these complex partial seizures include staring, oral ...
List of ICD-9 codes 320-389: diseases of the nervous system and sense organs
... epilepsy 345.1 Generalized convulsive epilepsy 345.2 Petit mal status 345.3 Grand mal status 345.4 Partial epilepsy, with ... Other 334.9 Unspecified 335 Anterior horn cell disease 335.0 Werdnig-Hoffmann disease 335.1 Spinal muscular atrophy 335.2 Motor ... impairment of consciousness 345.5 Partial epilepsy, without mention of impairment of consciousness 345.6 Infantile spasms 345.7 ... Monoplegia of upper limb 344.5 Unspecified monoplegia 344.6 Cauda equina syndrome 344.8 Other 344.9 Unspecified 345 Epilepsy ...
CDKL5 deficiency disorder
The symptoms of CDD include early infantile onset refractory epilepsy; hypotonia; developmental, intellectual, and motor ... Specialized diets, such as the ketogenic diet, have been reported to help manage seizures, though the effect is often partial ... Therefore, epilepsy panels for CDD and other genes should be considered in such individuals. A diagnostic ICD-10 code has been ... Development of gross motor skills, such as sitting, standing, and walking, is severely delayed, along with restricted fine ...
Electrocorticography
Partial epilepsy is the common intractable epilepsy and the partial seizure is difficult to locate.Treatment for such epilepsy ... to be preserved during epilepsy surgery. Motor, sensory, cognitive tasks during extraoperative ECoG are reported to increase ... Epilepsy surgery is the cure for partial epilepsy provided that the brain region generating seizure is carefully and accurately ... For patients with intractable epilepsy - epilepsy that is unresponsive to anticonvulsants - surgical treatment may be a viable ...