Browsing by Subject "Seizures"
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A anticonvulsive fraction from Scaptocosa raptoria (Araneae : Lycosidae) spider venom
(Elsevier B.V., 2004-11-23)Several spider neurotoxins are known to show highly selective effects on nervous tissues. Intracerebral injection into rats of spider venom from Scaptocosa raptoria, prevents seizures induced by convulsant agents. Injection ...
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The burden of premature mortality of epilepsy in high-income countries: A systematic review from the Mortality Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy
(Wiley, 2017)Since previous reviews of epidemiologic studies of premature mortality among people with epilepsy were completed several years ago, a large body of new evidence about this subject has been published. We aim to update prior ...
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Characterization of intracranial pressure behavior in chronic epileptic animals: a preliminary study
(Univ Estadual Oeste Parana-Unioeste, 2016)Intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major neurological parameter in animals and humans. ICP is a function of the relationship between the contents of the cranium (brain parenchyma, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood) and the ...
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Efeitos de uma intervenção psicoterapêutica breve nos níveis de resiliência e no comportamento em pacientes com epilepsia do lobo temporal mesial resistente e recidiva tardia em crises após cirurgia
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2020-06-01)Seizure recurrence (SR) after epilepsy surgery in patients with medically resistant temporal lobe epilepsy and mesial temporal sclerosis (TLE-MTS) can compromise medical treatment and quality of life (QOL). However, there ...
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Efeitos neurobiológicos do tratamento com sakuranetina em camundongos.
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019-09-27)It is recognized that extracts and substances obtained from natural products, such as plants and animal venom, can contribute to the development of model drugs. The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of various is ...
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Effects of A1 receptor agonist/antagonist on spontaneous seizures in pilocarpine-induced epileptic rats
(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2016)Adenosine is an endogenous anticonvulsant that activates pre- and postsynaptic adenosine A(1) receptors. A(1) receptor agonists increase the latency for the development of seizures and status epilepticus following pilocarpine ...
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Epilepsy, seizures, physical exercise, and sports: a report from the ilae task force on sports and epilepsy
(Wiley-blackwell, 2016)People with epilepsy (PWEs) are often advised against participating in sports and exercise, mostly because of fear, overprotection, and ignorance about the specific benefits and risks associated with such activities. ...
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Estresse e exercício físico durante o período gestacional e sua influência na prole após um insulto convulsivo: estudo em um modelo animal
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2019-06-27)Environmental factors such as prenatal stress can lead to changes in the development of the nervous system and consequently increase the susceptibility to seizures and the development of epilepsy in the offspring at the ...
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Estudo eletrofisiológico in vitro do hipocampo e da suscetibilidade frente a dois modelos experimentais de epilepsia no roedor Trinomys yonenagae
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009-04-29)Trinomys yonenagae (TY) is a fossorial rodent dweller of sand dunes of the Caatinga, pertaining to Echimydae family and known locally as rabo de facho. The observation of some animals of this species show spontaneous ...
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Investigação do efeito da administração de melitina em um modelo de crises convulsivas em ratos
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 2020-07-16)A epilepsia é uma doença neurológica crônica caracterizada por uma hiperatividade anormal dos neurônios que geram impulsos nervosos recorrentes, espontâneos, paradoxais e sincronizados, podendo ou não produzir crises ...
