Levetiracetam: part II, the clinical profile of a novel anticonvulsant drug

T De Smedt, R Raedt, K Vonck, P Boon - CNS drug reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this article was to review and summarize the available reports on the profile
of the novel anticonvulsant drug levetiracetam (LEV) in a clinical setting. Therefore, a careful …

Brainwaves beyond diagnosis: Wider applications of electroencephalography in idiopathic generalized epilepsy

U Seneviratne, M Cook, W D'Souza - Epilepsia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electroencephalography (EEG) has long been used as a versatile and noninvasive
diagnostic tool in epilepsy. With the advent of digital EEG, more advanced applications of …

Positive and negative psychotropic effects of levetiracetam

C Helmstaedter, NE Fritz, E Kockelmann… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The goals of this study were to observe behavioral changes in patients
receiving levetiracetam (LEV), a newer antiepileptic drug (AED), and to answer the question …

The long-term effect of listening to Mozart K. 448 decreases epileptiform discharges in children with epilepsy

LC Lin, WT Lee, HC Wu, CL Tsai, RC Wei, HK Mok… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2011 - Elsevier
Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 (Mozart K. 448), has been shown to
improve mental function, leading to what is known as the Mozart Effect. Our previous work …

[BOG][B] Epilepsy: the intersection of neurosciences, biology, mathematics, engineering, and physics

I Osorio, HP Zaveri, MG Frei, S Arthurs - 2016 - books.google.com
Integrating the studies of epilepsy, neurosciences, computational neurosciences,
mathematics, physics, engineering, and medicine, this volume provides the first means to a …

Effect of levetiracetam monotherapy on background EEG activity and cognition in drug-naïve epilepsy patients

JR Cho, DL Koo, EY Joo, SM Yoon, E Ju, J Lee… - Clinical …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the cognitive effect of levetiracetam (LEV) monotherapy with
quantitative electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis and neuropsychological (NP) tests …

Insights from zebrafish and mouse models on the activity and safety of ar-turmerone as a potential drug candidate for the treatment of epilepsy

AM Orellana-Paucar, T Afrikanova, J Thomas… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In a previous study, we uncovered the anticonvulsant properties of turmeric oil and its
sesquiterpenoids (ar-turmerone, α-, β-turmerone and α-atlantone) in both zebrafish and …

Evaluation of brivaracetam, a novel SV2A ligand, in the photosensitivity model

DGA Kasteleijn-Nolst Trenité, P Genton, D Parain… - Neurology, 2007 - neurology.org
Objective: To assess the activity of brivaracetam, a novel SV2A ligand, in the photosensitivity
model as a proof-of-principle of efficacy in patients with epilepsy. Methods: A subject-blind …

The effects of levetiracetam on cognition: a non-interventional surveillance study

C Helmstaedter, JA Witt - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2008 - Elsevier
Objective and subjective cognitive measures were evaluated in 401 patients before and 3
and 6 months after introducing levetiracetam (LEV). Initially, cognitive impairment was …

The relationship between seizures, interictal spikes and antiepileptic drugs

II Goncharova, R Alkawadri, N Gaspard… - Clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective A considerable decrease in spike rate accompanies antiepileptic drug (AED) taper
during intracranial EEG (icEEG) monitoring. Since spike rate during icEEG monitoring can …