Deep brain and cortical stimulation for epilepsy

M Sprengers, K Vonck, E Carrette… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Despite optimal medical treatment, including epilepsy surgery, many epilepsy
patients have uncontrolled seizures. Since the 1970s interest has grown in invasive …

Neuromodulation strategies in developmental and epileptic encephalopathies

D Samanta, Z Haneef, GW Albert, S Naik… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are a group of childhood-onset
epilepsy syndromes characterized by frequent seizures, severe cognitive and behavioral …

Hypothalamic hamartomas. Part 2. Surgical considerations and outcome

S Mittal, M Mittal, JL Montes, JP Farmer… - Neurosurgical …, 2013 - thejns.org
Hypothalamic hamartomas are uncommon developmental heterotopic masses composed of
an intermixed array of neurons, glia, and myelinated fibers closely associated with the …

Exploring diseases and syndromes in neurology case reports from 1955 to 2017 with text mining

A Karami, M Ghasemi, S Sen, MF Moraes… - Computers in biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background A large number of neurology case reports have been published, but it is a
challenging task for human medical experts to explore all of these publications. Text mining …

Optimized stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation in the treatment of patients with focal epilepsy

DI Wang, P Wei, Y Shan, L Ren… - Annals of …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epilepsy is a severe health disorder affecting people of all ages with high prevalence
worldwide. The introduction of new antiepileptic drugs has yielded notable effects in recent …

[HTML][HTML] Hypothalamic Hamartomas: A Narrative Review

M Mitrica, AM Manole, M Toma, OM Sirbu, AM Sirbu… - Biomedicines, 2025 - mdpi.com
Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) are infrequent, non-neoplastic malformations of the
hypothalamus with heterogeneous clinical features, with symptoms including gelastic …

Chronic deep brain stimulation of the hypothalamic nucleus in wistar rats alters circulatory levels of corticosterone and proinflammatory cytokines

JM Calleja-Castillo… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a therapeutic option for several diseases, but its effects on
HPA axis activity and systemic inflammation are unknown. This study aimed to detect …

[HTML][HTML] Endoscopic treatment of hypothalamic hamartomas

KW Shim, EK Park, DS Kim - Journal of Korean …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is a benign indolent lesion despite the presentation of
refractory epilepsy. Behavioral disturbances and endocrine problems are additional critical …

Hypothalamic Hamartomas: A comprehensive review of literature–Part 2: Medical and surgical management update

SO Alomari, MN El Houshiemy, S Bsat… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) are rare, non-neoplastic heterotopic tissues which contains
normal neurons and glia including oligodendrocytes and fibrillary astrocytes but in an …

Acute intralesional recording in hypothalamic hamartoma: description of 4 cases

N Specchio, M Rizzi, M Trivisano, L Fusco… - Acta Neurologica …, 2015 - Springer
Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) are intrinsically epileptogenic lesions associated to
medically intractable focal epilepsy mainly characterized by gelastic and focal seizures …