Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a widely used therapeutic option of drug-refractory psychiatric disorders. ECT treats symptoms by inducing brief controlled seizures through electrical stimulation, but does not generally cause prolonged or epilepsy. However, several studies have reported cases after ECT. This review aimed to determine the mechanism epileptogenesis with neurobiological changes...

There are only a few reports on Go-induced epilepsy. We hereby report case of epilepsy and its ictal electroencephalography (EEG) findings, treatment. A 71-year-old man reported to our hospital for seizures that lasted several minutes after he had played Go approximately an hour. Ictal EEG showed focal bilateral tonic-clonic right parietal origin. He was administered levetiracetam 500 mg before...

Epilepsy is the fourth most common disorder that affects the nervous system, with only migraine, cerebrovascular incidents and Alzheimer’s disease being more common. Epilepsy affects ~50 million people worldwide.[1] In Africa, epilepsy affects ~10 million people.[2] Global statistics show that about one-third of patients with epilepsy are refractory to anti-epileptic medication.[3] This transla...

Traumatic brain injury is an important contributor to morbidity and mortality, and results in reduced quality of life and lifespan: An estimated 1.7 million traumatic brain injuries occur annually in the United States alone. Traumatic brain injury carries an increased risk of epilepsy that correlates with the severity of the brain injury. Posttraumatic epilepsy accounts for less than 10% of epi...

This population based study compared the prevalence, nature and management of epilepsy between primary school children in mainstream education and those attending a special educational placement (children with special needs). The overall prevalence of epilepsy was 4.3/1000, but was 30 times higher in children with special needs, many of whom also had severe physical disabilities. Seizure types ...

BACKGROUND This case-control study investigated both the risk factors and outcome of mood disorders in epilepsy. METHODS For this study, 44 patients with both epilepsy and a mood disorder (study group) were compared with 44 randomly selected patients of epilepsy without a mood disorder (control group). Psychiatric diagnosis was made as per ICD-10 Diagnostic Criteria for Research (ICD-10 DCR)....

Epilepsy is common in childhood, the prevalence being about five per 1000 children. The purpose of this study was to assess well-being in children with controlled epilepsy (but did not include those with obvious neurodeficits such as mental retardation or cerebral palsy) and compare them with age-matched healthy children. The patient group comprised of 31 children, 12 boys and 19 girls, whereas...

Epilepsy is a major neurological disorder in the world and most epileptics are currently controlled by a variety of drugs. 5, 5-diphenylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (Phenytoin, I) is a widely used antiepileptic drug. It has been synthesized previously by different methods in some solvents. In this work, I was synthesized from the condensation of benzil and urea in ethanol and water by application of...