Voxel-based morphometry in epileptic baboons: Parallels to human juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

Structural Brain Abnormalities in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Patients: Volumetry and Voxel-Based Morphometry

OBJECTIVE We aimed to find structural brain abnormalities in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The volumes of the cerebrum, hippocampus and frontal lobe and the area of the corpus callosum's subdivisions were all semiautomatically measured, and then optimized voxel-based morphometry (VBM) was performed in 19 JME patients and 19 age/gender matched normal control...

Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Is Definitely a Well-defined Epileptic Syndrome

Myoclonic status epilepticus in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

BACKGROUND Myoclonic status epilepticus (MSE) is rarely found in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and its clinical features are not well described. We aimed to analyze MSE incidence, precipitating factors and clinical course by studying patients with JME from a large outpatient epilepsy clinic. METHODS We retrospectively screened all patients with JME treated at the Department of Neurology, ...

Voxel Based Morphometry and Manual Volumetric Analysis of the Cingulate Gyrus in Patients with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy and Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Compared to Normal Controls

L. Vu, B. Swartz, K. Head, M. Mandelkern, O. Nalcioglu, M-Y. Su Tu & Yuen Center for Functional Onco Imaging, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Epilepsy Center, Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA, United States, Department of Physics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States Purpose It has been known that patients with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME...

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and human leukocyte antigens

The idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGE) occur with a high aggregation within families. Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is recognized as a commonly occurring form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. A possible association between JME and HLA antigens was investigated by serological typing of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) class I antigens and by DNA oligotyping of class II antigens. Twenty...