The phenomenon of seizure clustering is still poorly understood. We therefore investigated 192 patients with temporal lobe epilepsies among whom 60 showed clustering of seizures. The percentage of women was significantly higher in the cluster than in the non-cluster group, the history of epilepsy lasted longer and the excess of complex partial seizures over tonic clonic seizures was more promin...

BACKGROUND Pertussis vaccination has been alleged to cause an encephalopathy that involves seizures and subsequent intellectual disability. In a previous retrospective study, 11 of 14 patients with so-called vaccine encephalopathy had Dravet syndrome that was associated with de-novo mutations of the sodium channel gene SCN1A. In this study, we aimed to establish whether the apparent association...

Epilepsy affects almost 1% of the population and most of the approximately 20-30% of patients with refractory epilepsy have one or more seizures per month. Seizure detection devices allow an objective assessment of seizure frequency and a treatment tailored to the individual patient. A rapid recognition and treatment of seizures through closed-loop systems could potentially decrease morbidity a...

Since almost 20 y it is known that seizures may trigger Takotsubo syndrome (TTS). Since then it has been repeatedly proposed that TTS could be the cause of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). A review of the so far reported cases of seizure-triggered TTS was carried out to see how often seizure-triggered TTS is fatal. Altogether 59 papers were identified which reported altogether 74 pa...

Drosophila melanogaster is a useful tool for studying seizure like activity. A variety of mutants in which seizures can be induced through either physical shock or electrical stimulation is available for study of various aspects of seizure activity and behavior. All flies, including wild-type, will undergo seizure-like activity if stimulated at a high enough voltage. Seizure like activity is an...

This study examined both the acute and long-lasting changes in seizure susceptibility that occur in response to the repeated induction of generalized seizure activity. Daily flurothyl-induced generalized clonic seizures resulted in a progressive decrease in both the generalized seizure threshold and the latency to the first myoclonic jerk. The threshold reduction was significant as early as the...