The ILAE consensus classification of focal cortical dysplasia: an update proposed by an ad hoc task force of the ILAE diagnostic methods commission

I Najm, D Lal, M Alonso Vanegas, F Cendes… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ongoing challenges in diagnosing focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) mandate continuous
research and consensus agreement to improve disease definition and classification. An …

Neuropathology of epilepsy

E Aronica, A Mühlebner - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders, affecting about 50 million people
worldwide. The disease is characterized by recurrent seizures, which are due to aberrant …

Histological and MRI markers of white matter damage in focal epilepsy

F Deleo, M Thom, L Concha, A Bernasconi… - Epilepsy Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Growing evidence highlights the importance of white matter in the pathogenesis of focal
epilepsy. Ex vivo and post-mortem studies show pathological changes in epileptic patients …

Novel histopathological patterns in cortical tubers of epilepsy surgery patients with tuberous sclerosis complex

A Mühlebner, J Van Schep**en, HM Hulshof… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a genetic hamartoma syndrome frequently associated
with severe intractable epilepsy. In some TSC patients epilepsy surgery is a promising …

Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumors in epilepsy: dysplasia or neoplasia?

M Thom, J Liu, A Bongaarts, RJ Reinten… - Brain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor (MVNT) is a new pattern of neuronal tumour
included in the recently revised WHO 2016 classification of tumors of the CNS. There are 15 …

The past, present and future challenges in epilepsy‐related and sudden deaths and biobanking

M Thom, M Boldrini, E Bundock… - Neuropathology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Awareness and research on epilepsy‐related deaths (ERD), in particular Sudden
Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), have exponentially increased over the last two …

Combining magnetic resonance fingerprinting with voxel‐based morphometric analysis to reduce false positives for focal cortical dysplasia detection

Z Ding, S Hu, TY Su, JY Choi, S Morris, X Wang… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We aim to improve focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) detection by combining high‐
resolution, three‐dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) with voxel …

White matter interstitial neurons in the adult human brain: 3% of cortical neurons in quest for recognition

G Sedmak, M Judaš - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
White matter interstitial neurons (WMIN) are a subset of cortical neurons located in the
subcortical white matter. Although they were fist described over 150 years ago, they are still …

Analysis of forensic autopsy cases associated with epilepsy: Comparison between sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and not-SUDEP groups

X Zhang, J Zhang, J Wang, D Zou, Z Li - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and aims Epilepsy is a common and chronic neurological disorder
characterized by seizures that increase the risk of mortality. SUDEP is the most common …

Characterising subtypes of hippocampal sclerosis and reorganization: correlation with pre and postoperative memory deficit

A Prada Jardim, J Liu, J Baber, Z Michalak… - Brain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neuropathological subtypes of hippocampal sclerosis (HS) in temporal lobe epilepsy (The
2013 International League Against Epilepsy classification) are based on the qualitative …