Seizures in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Hunt–Hess grading Clinical presentation I Asymptomatic or mild headache II Headache, stiff neck, no focal deficit other than cranial nerve deficit III Drowsy, mild focal deficit IV Stupor, hemiparesis V…
Seizures in Arteriovenous Malformations
Angioarchitectural characteristics Univariate OR (95 % CI) Multivariate OR (95 % CI) Sensitivity (95 % CI) Specificity (95 % CI) Nidus size > 3 cm 3.79 (1.47–10.86) – 61 (42–79) 71 (58–82) Frontal, parietal, temporal 5.0…
Seizures in Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Author Sample size < 7 days (%) < 14 days (%) > 7 days (%) > 14 days (%) Alberti [16] 95 5.2 – – – Arntz [6] 66 6 – 10.6 – Bladin…
Seizures in Ischemic Stroke
Fig. 2.1 A patient with late poststroke seizures; EEG (a) shows seizure pattern in left fronto-central region, onset at C3–F3 > f7–Fp1. Onset consisted of rhythmic alpha activity at F3–C3, then involved…
Seizures in Cerebral Cavernous Malformations
Fig. 6.1 Photomicrograph of a cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) stained with hematoxylin and eosin at low (a) and high (b) magnifications. CCMs appear as clusters of dilated, thin-walled blood vessels…
Pediatric Stroke and Seizures
Congenital heart disease Vasculopathies Moyamoya disease/syndrome Traumatic arterial dissection Connective tissue disorders Radiation-induced vasculopathy Hypercoagulable states Antithrombin deficiency Protein C deficiency Protein S deficiency Activated protein C resistance with or…
Seizures in Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
Genetic risk factors Acquired risk factors Factor V Leiden mutation and resistance to activated protein C Puerperium Antiphospholipid, anticardiolipin antibodies Pregnancy Antithrombin III gene mutation Hematological conditions (anemia, polycythemia) Protein…
Epidemiology of Seizures and Epilepsy in Cerebrovascular Disease
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Mohamad Z. Koubeissi, Amer Alshekhlee and Prachi Mehndiratta (eds.)Seizures in Cerebrovascular Disorders10.1007/978-1-4939-2559-9_1 1. Epidemiology of Seizures and Epilepsy in Cerebrovascular Disease Lawrence N Eisenman1 and Andria L Ford1 (1) Department of Neurology,…
Medical Management of Seizures in Cerebrovascular Disorders
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Modeling Autism Spectrum Disorders Motor Deficits in Mice
Fig. 1 Nesting cage 2.2 Sensorial and Motor Development Measurement Fox published the first development test battery for rodents [29]. The test has be substantially modified by several authors [30]…
