Genetic Analysis of Epilepsies
Syndrome Genetic test Inheritance Comment (a) Syndromes beginning in the 1st year of life Benign familial neonatal seizures KCNQ2 KCNQ3 AD M-channel subunit of voltage-gated potassium channel Seizure onset often…
NEUROLOGY
Imitators of Epilepsy
© Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2017Mohamad Z. Koubeissi and Nabil J. Azar (eds.)Epilepsy Board Review10.1007/978-1-4939-6774-2_12 12. Imitators of Epilepsy Dewi Frances T. Depositario-Cabacar1 and Nabil J. Azar2 (1) Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Children’s National Medical Center, George Washington University,…
Seizures and Epilepsy in Early Life
© Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2017Mohamad Z. Koubeissi and Nabil J. Azar (eds.)Epilepsy Board Review10.1007/978-1-4939-6774-2_11 11. Seizures and Epilepsy in Early Life Adam L. Hartman1 (1) Neurology & Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe St., Meyer…
Electro-Clinical Syndromes by Age of Onset—Childhood, Adolescence, and Adult
© Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2017Mohamad Z. Koubeissi and Nabil J. Azar (eds.)Epilepsy Board Review10.1007/978-1-4939-6774-2_10 10. Electro-Clinical Syndromes by Age of Onset—Childhood, Adolescence, and Adult Tesfaye Zelleke1 (1) Department of Neurology, Children’s National Medical Center, 111…
EEG and Semiology in Focal Epilepsy
Sign Lateralization of hemisphere Dystonic limb posturing Contralateral Head turning (early) Ipsilateral Head turning (late and versive, in transition to generalization) Contralateral Figure of 4 sign Contralateral Todd’s paralysis Contralateral Focal…
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Fig. 12.1 Ischemic lesion volume is reduced and functional improvement is observed after human MSC (hMSC) injection. MRI imaging (a) of the rat brain at various times after systemic infusion…
Intravenous Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Transplantation for Stroke Patients
Institute Country Total Stroke type Cell dose Administration Status Identifier Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 20 Chronic (2–3 months) 1–5 × 108 Intra-arterial Complete (2011) [39] NCT00473057 The University of Texas…
In Vivo Cell Tracking Techniques for Applications in Central Nervous System Disorders
Exogenous labeling Endogenous labeling MRI T1WI Gd, Mn T2WI SPIO MR reporter gene Nuclear imaging SPECT 111In-oxine, 99mTc-HMPAO Reporter gene PET 18F- FDG Optical imaging FI QD, organic…
Neural Stem Cells/Neuronal Progenitor Cells
Fig. 3.1 NSC and neurosphere method NSCs exist in at least two regions of the adult brain – the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricle and the subgranular zone of…
Functional Bio-imaging
Fig. 9.1 Representative findings of 123I-IMZ SEPCT. White-and-black images of the vehicle- (a) and bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC)-transplanted rats (b). In both vehicle- and BMSC-treated rats, a marked decrease…
