Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-06-02DOI: 10.1177/15357597251346915
Ifrah Zawar
{"title":"Does Grey Matter? The Structural and Cognitive Footprint of Late-Onset Epilepsy.","authors":"Ifrah Zawar","doi":"10.1177/15357597251346915","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251346915","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"15357597251346915"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12129941/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144224705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1177/15357597251318562
Ruta Yardi, Kurupath Radhakrishnan, Pauline Samia, Janet Wilson, Amza Ali
{"title":"Managing Refractory Epilepsy in a Resource-Limited Setting-Doing More With Less.","authors":"Ruta Yardi, Kurupath Radhakrishnan, Pauline Samia, Janet Wilson, Amza Ali","doi":"10.1177/15357597251318562","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251318562","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) disproportionately affects individuals in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), where access to affordable and effective care remains a significant challenge. Patients with DRE face high healthcare costs, inadequate access to epilepsy surgery, and limited availability of trained professionals. This review explores a multifaceted approach to managing DRE in resource-constrained settings. Key strategies include rational polypharmacy with cost-effective antiseizure medications (ASM), implementation of dietary therapies like the ketogenic diet, and cost-conscious presurgical evaluations. Enhancing emergency care systems, particularly for conditions like status epilepticus, is critical, as is the development of standardized diagnostic and treatment protocols and training programs for healthcare providers. By addressing these gaps, LMIC can improve outcomes for individuals with DRE and reduce the burden of untreated seizures on patients and healthcare systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"15357597251318562"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12119515/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144198512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1177/15357597251323105
Rebecca García Sosa, Connie Taylor, Sonal Bhatia, Tolu Olaniyan, Joanna García Pierce, Jorge Vidaurre
{"title":"Better Together: Building Bridges for Equity in Epilepsy Care.","authors":"Rebecca García Sosa, Connie Taylor, Sonal Bhatia, Tolu Olaniyan, Joanna García Pierce, Jorge Vidaurre","doi":"10.1177/15357597251323105","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251323105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This brief review summarizes presentations and discussion from the Health Disparities Special Interest Group held in December 2024 at the American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting. The session addressed known health disparities in pediatric and adult epilepsy at a national and global level. The goal of the session was not just to present the known inequities, but to also propose ideas and work together toward improving healthcare for all. Invited speakers work directly with at-risk communities in the United States and abroad and shared their experiences on how we can do better. This piece is intended to provide a brief overview of the talks given by the invited speakers and to put it all together with the goal of achieving better epilepsy care for all by working together.</p>","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"15357597251323105"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12119510/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144198509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-05-27DOI: 10.1177/15357597251345447
Samuel W Terman
{"title":"How Intelligent is Artificial Intelligence? Using ChatGPT to Diagnose Epilepsy and Classify Seizures.","authors":"Samuel W Terman","doi":"10.1177/15357597251345447","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251345447","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"15357597251345447"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12119516/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144198510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-05-27eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1177/15357597251339867
Lauren A Lau, Kyle P Lillis
{"title":"Illuminating Neuronal Excitability at the Seizure Wavefront.","authors":"Lauren A Lau, Kyle P Lillis","doi":"10.1177/15357597251339867","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251339867","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"294-295"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12119509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144198511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-05-12eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1177/15357597251333158
Ifrah Zawar
{"title":"An EEG in Time Saves Nine: Predicting Cognitive Decline in Epilepsy.","authors":"Ifrah Zawar","doi":"10.1177/15357597251333158","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251333158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"277-279"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12069298/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144076509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-05-11eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1177/15357597251338760
Sarah F Muldoon
{"title":"It's all a Network: Specific Cell Types Influence Seizure Dynamics Across Spatial Areas.","authors":"Sarah F Muldoon","doi":"10.1177/15357597251338760","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251338760","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"308-309"},"PeriodicalIF":6.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12069305/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144076520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-05-06eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1177/15357597251337841
Anteneh M Feyissa
{"title":"There Will Be Blood: Mapping Iron Deposition in Sporadic Cerebral Cavernous Malformation-Related Epilepsy using QSM Imaging.","authors":"Anteneh M Feyissa","doi":"10.1177/15357597251337841","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251337841","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"269-271"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058704/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143998282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-05-05eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1177/15357597251335186
Heidi M Munger Clary
{"title":"Too Much of a Good Thing? Cancer Risk and High Dose Folic Acid in Epilepsy.","authors":"Heidi M Munger Clary","doi":"10.1177/15357597251335186","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251335186","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"280-282"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12052737/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143985050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epilepsy CurrentsPub Date : 2025-04-30eCollection Date: 2025-07-01DOI: 10.1177/15357597251337574
Gordon F Buchanan
{"title":"Lighting the Way to Seizure Cessation: Transcranial Optogenetic Therapies to Stop Seizures in Mouse Models.","authors":"Gordon F Buchanan","doi":"10.1177/15357597251337574","DOIUrl":"10.1177/15357597251337574","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11742,"journal":{"name":"Epilepsy Currents","volume":" ","pages":"302-304"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12043617/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143991334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}