{"title":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs: Year in Review.","authors":"John J Millichap","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 2018, the mission of <i>Pediatric Neurology Briefs</i> (PNB) remains the same: \"PNB is a continuing education service designed to expedite and facilitate the review of current scientific research and advances in child neurology and related subjects.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36311087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inadequate Regulation Contributes to Mislabeled Online Cannabidiol Products.","authors":"Daniel A Freedman, Anup D Patel","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, Veterans Affairs San Diego, RTI international, Americans for Safe Access, Palo Alto University and Johns Hopkins University analyzed the content of 84 cannabidiol (CBD) products purchased on the internet and compared the results to their advertised concentrations.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"32 ","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-32-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36311088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anticonvulsant Medications in Mitochondrial Disease.","authors":"Divakar S Mithal, Jonathan E Kurz","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers from Vienna, Austria and Sao Paulo, Brazil studied the known effects of anticonvulsant drugs on mitochondria, using a literature search to include only references to epilepsy associated with mitochondrial disease, and a specific anti-convulsant drug (i.e. levetiracetam) with a specific mitochondrial function (i.e. mitochondrial membrane potential).</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"31 3","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5681459/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35291965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ketogenic Diet in Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus.","authors":"Garnett Smith, Craig A Press","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers from the Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C. studied the feasibility, rate of complications, and effect on seizures of initiating the Ketogenic Diet (KD) in pediatric patients with Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE).</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"31 3","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5681458/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35291964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neurotransmitters and Sodium Channelopathies; Possible Link?","authors":"Michael F Hammer, Alejandra D C Encinas","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from the University of British Columbia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, and the National Hospital reported their findings on neurotransmitter deficiencies in two patients with mutations in voltage-gated sodium genes (<i>SCN2A</i> and <i>SCN8A</i>) discovered by whole exome sequencing.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"31 3","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5681457/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35291963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migraine, Celiac Disease and Intestinal Microbiota.","authors":"Hakim Rahmoune, Nada Boutrid","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-2-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-2-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from four European tertiary care hospitals (in Paris, France; Milan, Udine and Perugia, Italy) performed a case-control study of children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years diagnosed with primary headaches in the emergency department by a pediatric neurologist using the validated ICHD-3 criteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"31 2","pages":"6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-2-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34999234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lacosamide in Pediatric Status Epilepticus.","authors":"Juan A Piantino","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-2-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-2-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from Baylor College of Medicine studied the efficacy of lacosamide in pediatric status epilepticus (SE).</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"31 2","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405021/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34999233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Understanding the Spectrum of <i>SLC2A1</i>-Associated Disorders.","authors":"Marytery Fajardo, Melissa L Cirillo","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-2-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-2-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Investigators from the Danish Epilepsy Center the frequency of <i>SLC2A1</i> mutations in a cohort of patients with different types of epilepsies.</p>","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"31 2","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5405020/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34999232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs: Year in Review","authors":"J. Millichap","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-1-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-1-1","url":null,"abstract":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs (PNB) has been published monthly since 1987 as a continuing education service designed to expedite and facilitate review of current medical literature concerning pediatric neurology.","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"31 1","pages":"1 - 1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41707303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adult Stroke Screening Tool in Childhood Ischemic Stroke","authors":"K. Gorman, M. Wainwright","doi":"10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-1-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-1-3","url":null,"abstract":"Investigators from Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH performed a retrospective study to determine whether the application of an adult stroke scale could discriminate between children with acute arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) and other causes of acute neurologic deficits.","PeriodicalId":30710,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Neurology Briefs","volume":"31 1","pages":"3 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48441867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}