introduction: temporal lobe epilepsy (tle) is the most common and drug resistant epilepsy in adults. due to behavioral, morphologic and electrographic similarities, pilocarpine model of epilepsy best resembles tle. this study was aimed at determination of the changes in electroencephalogram (eeg) sub-bands amplitude during focal seizures in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy. analysis of these c...

Introduction: Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common and drug resistant epilepsy in adults. Due to behavioral, morphologic and electrographic similarities, pilocarpine model of epilepsy best resembles TLE. This study was aimed at determination of the changes in electroencephalogram (EEG) sub-bands amplitude during focal seizures in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy. Analysis of thes...

Background: Sleep Seizures (SSs) generally occur in refractory focal epilepsy, but their detailed characteristics and circadian patterns are still controversial. The effect of SSs on epilepsy surgery outcome has been addressed in few studies without definitive prognostic value.   Objectives: This study investigated the characteristics of SSs and their prognosis in refractory focal epilepsy. M...

Generalised seizures are a common manifestation of acute alcohol intoxication. Alcohol is known to precipitate generalised seizures in patients with focal brain pathology. A rare case of secondarily generalised seizures precipitated by alcohol in a patient without an underlying focal brain lesion is reported. Electroencephalopgraphy (EEG) showed periodic lateralised epileptiform discharges (PLE...

PURPOSE Among the different precipitating stimuli for reflex seizures, Touch-Induced Seizures (TIS) and Hot Water Seizures (HWS) are consistently described in different reports. The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical, EEG and image data of patients with TIS and HWS. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed patients who were followed up in our Epilepsy Unit and had seizures triggered by ...

Atonic seizures have traditionally been described in patients with generalized epilepsies; however, ictal atonia is increasingly recognized as a phenomenon of focal seizures. Recognition of atonia as a manifestation of focal seizures is crucial in order to not mislabel these events as non-epileptic. In addition, a large number of patients, who undergo presurgical investigations due to focal pha...