Hippocampal Sclerosis: Causes and Prevention

Hippocampal Sclerosis: Causes and Prevention.

Hippocampal sclerosis is the commonest cause of drug-resistant epilepsy in adults, and is associated with alterations to structures and networks beyond the hippocampus.In addition to being a cause of epilepsy, the hippocampus is vulnerable to damage from seizure activity. In particular, prolonged seizures (status epilepticus) can result in hippocampal sclerosis. The hippocampus is also vulnerab...

Corruption in Hospitals, Causes and Prevention

Background and Objectives: Corruption is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon emerging when people misuse their power for personal gain. The current study aimed to delve into the causes of corruption in hospitals and anti-corruption preventive measures. Methods: In this review study, national and international databases were searched using the keywords “corruption”, “health” and “hospital” an...

Hippocampus, hippocampal sclerosis and epilepsy.

Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is considered one of the major pathogenic factors of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy. HS is characterized by selective loss of pyramidal neurons - especially of sectors CA1 and CA3 of the hippocampus - pathological proliferation of interneuron networks, and severe glia reaction. These changes occur in the course of long-term and complex epileptogenesis. The auth...

Terrorism: causes and prevention.

Hippocampal sclerosis: an inflammatory hypothesis.

2007;69;1204-1205 Neurology Andrew J. Cole Hippocampal sclerosis: An inflammatory hypothesis This information is current as of September 18, 2007 http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/full/69/12/1204 located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0028-3878. Online ISSN: 1526-632X. since 1951, ...