Browsing by Subject "epilepsy"

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    • Age-dependent consequences of seizures and the development of temporal lobe epilepsy in the rat 

      Dube, C.; Fernandes, MJDS; Nehlig, A. (Karger, 2001-05-01)
      The age-related functional changes underlying epileptogenesis remain to be clarified. in the present study, we explored the correlation between metabolic changes, neuronal damage and epileptogenesis during the acute, silent ...

    • Alcohol consumption and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: experimental approach 

      Scorza, Carla Alessandra [UNIFESP]; Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo [UNIFESP]; Arida, Ricardo Mario [UNIFESP]; Terra, Vera Cristina; Machado, Helio Rubens; Almeida, Antonio-Carlos G. de; Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão [UNIFESP]; Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2009-12-01)
      Using the pilocarpine model of epilepsy, we investigated the effects of alcohol consumption on the frequency of seizures in animals with epilepsy as well the underlying a possible association between alcohol intake and ...

    • Alterações cardiovasculares e morte súbita nas epilepsias 

      Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre [UNIFESP]; Albuquerque, Marly de [UNIFESP]; Arida, Ricardo Mario [UNIFESP]; Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2007-06-01)
      Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most important direct epilepsy-related cause of death . The cause of SUDEP is still unknown, however, the most commonly ...

    • Alterações comportamentais e cognitivas em ratos submetidos a lesão do núcleo lateral posterior do tálamo 

      Aurora, Loredanna Cavalheiro [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2016-02-24)
      Epilepsy is a chronic disease characterized by the expression of spontaneous recurrent seizures, affecting 0.5% to 2% of the world population. Experimental and clinical data indicates that the thalamic nuclei operates in ...

    • Amygdala kindling in Proechimys guyannensis rat: An animal model of resistance to epilepsy 

      Carvalho, R. D.; Arida, Ricardo Mario [UNIFESP]; Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão [UNIFESP] (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003-02-01)
      Purpose: This study examined the effect of amygdala kindling development in Proechimys guayannensis rat, a common rodent of the Amazon basin.Methods: Adult male P. guayannensis animals (n = 43) and adult male Wistar rats ...

    • Anticonvulsant effect of a natural compound alpha,beta-epoxy-carvone and its action on the nerve excitability 

      Almeida, Reinaldo Nobrega de; Sousa, Damiao Pergentino de; Farias Nobrega, Franklin Ferreira de; Claudino, Fladmir de Sousa; Machado Araujo, Demetrius Antonio; Leite, Jose Roberto [UNIFESP]; Mattei, Rita [UNIFESP] (Elsevier B.V., 2008-09-26)
      The anticonvulsant effect of alpha,beta-epoxy-carvone (EC), a monoterpene monocyclic, was investigated in three animal models. EC at 300 or 400 mg/kg promoted protection of 75% and 87.5%. respectively, against convulsions ...

    • Atypical EEG pattern in children with absence seizures 

      Silva, Délrio F. [UNIFESP]; Lima, Márcia Marques; Anghinah, Renato; Zanoteli, Edmar [UNIFESP]; Lima, José Geraldo Camargo (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 1995-06-01)
      We studied four children with diagnosis of absence seizures (generalized primary epilepsy), and with a generalized delta activity on the EEG during clinical attacks provoked by hyperventilation. The lack of ictal generalized ...

    • Avaliação de parâmetros cardíacos em animais com epilepsia: possível causa de morte súbita? 

      Colugnati, Diego Basile [UNIFESP]; Gomes, Paulo Alberto Paes; Arida, Ricardo Mario [UNIFESP]; Albuquerque, Marly de [UNIFESP]; Cysneiros, Roberta Monterazzo [UNIFESP]; Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão [UNIFESP]; Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre [UNIFESP] (Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 2005-12-01)
      Among the causes for sudden death in epilepsy, cardiac dysfunction has been an area of interest. Based on this, the aim of our study was to evaluate the heart rate (in vivo and in vitro) and ventricular pressure in vitro ...

    • Avaliação do perfil metabólico, nutricional e efeitos adversos de crianças com epilepsia refratária em uso da dieta cetogênica 

      Rizzutti, Sueli [UNIFESP]; Ramos, Ana Maria Figueiredo [UNIFESP]; Cintra, Isa de Pádua [UNIFESP]; Muszkat, Mauro [UNIFESP]; Gabbai, Alberto Alain [UNIFESP] (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, 2006-10-01)
      OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to evaluate adverse events, serum biochemistry, growth and nutritional status of children with difficult-to-control seizures who were submitted to ketogenic diet. METHODS: ...

    • Avaliação dos hábitos de atividades físicas de adolescentes com epilepsia do município de Toledo-PR 

      Cervelini, Renato; Scorza, Fulvio Alexandre [UNIFESP]; Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão [UNIFESP]; Arida, Ricardo Mario [UNIFESP] (Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia (LBE), 2008-12-01)
      INTRODUCTION: Although the beneficial effect of physical activity in general population and those with different types of diseases, people with epilepsy are often discouraged and excluded from physical activity participation. ...