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Seizures can be predicted more than 30 minutes before onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy
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Seizures can be predicted more than 30 minutes before onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Panel A) Patients with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy undergoing stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) for presurgical workup of epilepsy were included in this study (N=15). (Panel B) Each participant provided informed consent for electrode implantation into the thalamus for research purposes. EEG data from the seizure onset zone...

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Improving Sleep Boosts Cognition in Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Pauline Anderson December 05, 2022 NASHVILLE, Tennessee ― Targeting relevant sleep problems for patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) improves cognition, results of a new, double-blind, randomized controlled trial suggest. Study findings show significant improvement in REM sleep and language scores for patients with TLE who took the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil and better slow-wave-sleep and memory...