Epilepsia

Pursuing paradoxical proconvulsant prophylaxis for epileptogenesis
pp. 1657-1669(13)
Authors: Armstrong, Caren; Morgan, Robert J.; Soltesz, Ivan

SCN1A duplications and deletions detected in Dravet syndrome: Implications for molecular diagnosis
pp. 1670-1678(9)
Authors: Marini, Carla; Scheffer, Ingrid E.; Nabbout, Rima; Mei, Davide; Cox, Kathy; Dibbens, Leanne M.; McMahon, Jacinta M.; Iona, Xenia; Carpintero, Rochio Sanchez; Elia, Maurizio; Cilio, Maria Roberta; Specchio, Nicola; Giordano, Lucio; Striano, Pasquale; Gennaro, Elena; Cross, J. Helen; Kivity, Sara; Neufeld, Miriam Y.; Afawi, Zaid; Andermann, Eva; Keene, Daniel; Dulac, Olivier; Zara, Federico; Berkovic, Samuel F.; Guerrini, Renzo; Mulley, John C.

Partial epilepsy syndrome in a Gypsy family linked to 5q31.3-q32
pp. 1679-1688(10)
Authors: Angelicheva, Dora; Tournev, Ivailo; Guergueltcheva, Velina; Mihaylova, Violeta; Azmanov, Dimitar N.; Morar, Bharti; Radionova, Melania; Smith, Shelagh J.; Zlatareva, Dora; Stevens, John M.; Kaneva, Radka; Bojinova, Veneta; Carter, Kim; Brown, Matthew; Jablensky, Assen; Kalaydjieva, Luba; Sander, Josemir W.

Multidrug-resistant genotype (ABCB1) and seizure recurrence in newly treated epilepsy: Data from international pharmacogenetic cohorts
pp. 1689-1696(8)
Authors: Szoeke, Cassandra; Sills, Graeme J.; Kwan, Patrick; Petrovski, Slave; Newton, Mark; Hitiris, Nikolas; Baum, Larry; Berkovic, Samuel F.; Brodie, Martin J.; Sheffield, Leslie J.; O'Brien, Terence J.

Impaired function of GABA_B receptors in tissues from pharmacoresistant epilepsy patients
pp. 1697-1716(20)
Authors: Teichgräber, Laura A.; Lehmann, Thomas-Nicolas; Meencke, Heinz-Joachim; Weiss, Torsten; Nitsch, Robert; Deisz, Rudolf A.

Hippocampal distribution of vesicular glutamate transporter 1 in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
pp. 1717-1728(12)
Authors: van der Hel, W. Saskia; Verlinde, Suzanne A.M.W.; Meijer, Dimphna H.M.; de Wit, Marina; Rensen, Marije G.; van Gassen, Koen L.I.; van Rijen, Peter C.; van Veelen, Cees W.M.; de Graan, Pierre N.E.

Proepileptic phenotype of SV2A-deficient mice is associated with reduced anticonvulsant efficacy of levetiracetam
pp. 1729-1740(12)
Authors: Kaminski, Rafal M.; Gillard, Michel; Leclercq, Karine; Hanon, Etienne; Lorent, Geneviève; Dassesse, Donald; Matagne, Alain; Klitgaard, Henrik

Kv4.2 knockout mice demonstrate increased susceptibility to convulsant stimulation
pp. 1741-1751(11)
Authors: Barnwell, L. Forbes S.; Lugo, Joaquin N.; Lee, Wai L.; Willis, Sarah E.; Gertz, Shira J.; Hrachovy, Richard A.; Anderson, Anne E.

Electroconvulsive seizure thresholds and kindling acquisition rates are altered in mouse models of human KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 mutations for benign familial neonatal convulsions
pp. 1752-1759(8)
Authors: Otto, James F.; Singh, Nanda A.; Dahle, E. Jill; Leppert, Mark F.; Pappas, Chris M.; Pruess, Timothy H.; Wilcox, Karen S.; White, H. Steve

The effects of intracerebroventricular AM-251, a CB1-receptor antagonist, and ACEA, a CB1-receptor agonist, on penicillin-induced epileptiform activity in rats
pp. 1760-1767(8)
Authors: Kozan, Ramazan; Ayyildiz, Mustafa; Agar, Erdal

The antiepileptogenic effect of electrical stimulation at different low frequencies is accompanied with change in adenosine receptors gene expression in rats
pp. 1768-1779(12)
Authors: Jahanshahi, A.; Mirnajafi-Zadeh, Javad; Javan, Mohammad; Mohammad-Zadeh, Mohammad; Rohani, Razieh

High frequency oscillations (80-500 Hz) in the preictal period in patients with focal seizures
pp. 1780-1792(13)
Authors: Jacobs, Julia; Zelmann, Rina; Jirsch, Jeffrey; Chander, Rahul; Dubeau, Claude-Édouard Châtillon François; Gotman, Jean

Single-pulse electrical stimulation helps to identify epileptogenic cortex in children
pp. 1793-1803(11)
Authors: Flanagan, Danny; Valentín, Antonio; García Seoane, Jorge J.; Alarcón, Gonzalo; Boyd, Stewart G.

EEG spectral changes underlying BOLD responses contralateral to spikes in patients with focal epilepsy
pp. 1804-1809(6)
Authors: Yu, Juming M.; Tyvaert, Louise; LeVan, Pierre; Zelmann, Rina; Dubeau, François; Gotman, Jean; Kobayashi, Eliane

Early onset myoclonic epilepsy and 15q26 microdeletion: Observation of the first case
pp. 1810-1815(6)
Authors: Veredice, Chiara; Bianco, Flaviana; Contaldo, Ilaria; Orteschi, Daniela; Stefanini, Maria Chiara; Battaglia, Domenica; Lettori, Donatella; Guzzetta, Francesco; Zollino, Marcella

Ethosuximide converts ictogenic neurons initiating absence seizures into normal neurons in a genetic model
pp. 1816-1820(5)
Authors: Polack, Pierre-Olivier; Charpier, Stephane

Coexistence of symptomatic focal and absence seizures: Video-EEG and EEG-fMRI evidence of overlapping but independent epileptogenic networks
pp. 1821-1826(6)
Authors: Chassagnon, Serge; Hawko, Colin S.; Bernasconi, Andrea; Gotman, Jean; Dubeau, François

Generalized-onset seizures with secondary focal evolution
pp. 1827-1832(6)
Authors: Williamson, Randy; Hanif, Samrina; Mathews, Gregory C.; Lagrange, Andre H.; Abou-Khalil, Bassel

Workshop Report: Michael Forum: Dresden, Germany: September 18-20, 2008
pp. 1833-1834(2)
Authors: Koepp, Matthias; Moshé, Solomon L.

Commentary: Translation of laboratory findings to clinic in the treatment of status epilepticus—A mission impossible?
pp. 1834-1835(2)
Authors: Pitkänen, Asla; Wasterlain, Claude C

Letter: Lack of association between MDR1 polymorphisms and pharmacoresistance to anticonvulsive drugs in patients with childhood-onset epilepsy
pp. 1835-1837(3)
Authors: von Stülpnagel, Celina; Plischke, Herbert; Zill, Peter; Bäumel, Christine; Spiegel, Rainer; Gruber, Rudolf; Kluger, Gerhard

Letter: HLA B*1502 allele association with oxcarbamazepine-induced skin reactions in epilepsy patient from India
pp. 1837-1838(2)
Authors: Shankarkumar, Umapathy; Shah, Krishnakumar N.; Ghosh, Kanjaksha

Announcements
pp. 1838-1839(2)