2018
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in patients treated with brain‐responsive neurostimulation
Devinsky O, Friedman D, Duckrow RB, Fountain NB, Gwinn RP, Leiphart JW, Murro AM, Van Ness PC. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy in patients treated with brain‐responsive neurostimulation. Epilepsia 2018, 59: 555-561. PMID: 29336029, DOI: 10.1111/epi.13998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSudden unexpected deathDefinite SUDEPEpileptiform activityUnexpected deathBrain-responsive neurostimulationFrequent epileptiform activityDrug Administration approvalRNS SystemTime of deathSUDEP ratesWitnessed seizurePlacebo armResective surgerySUDEP riskClinical featuresImplant yearAdministration approvalClinical trialsEpilepsy patientsSUDEPPatientsSeizuresDrug studiesU.S. FoodDeath
2005
Normal magnetic resonance imaging and medial temporal lobe epilepsy: the clinical syndrome of paradoxical temporal lobe epilepsy.
Cohen-Gadol AA, Bradley CC, Williamson A, Kim JH, Westerveld M, Duckrow RB, Spencer DD. Normal magnetic resonance imaging and medial temporal lobe epilepsy: the clinical syndrome of paradoxical temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2005, 102: 902-9. PMID: 15926717, DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.5.0902.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial temporal lobe epilepsyMedial temporal sclerosisTemporal lobe epilepsyAnteromedial temporal resectionPTLE groupDentate granule cellsLobe epilepsyMTS groupTemporal resectionClinical featuresNeuron lossSeizure historyHippocampal slicesGranule cellsNormal magnetic resonance imagingBlinded visual inspectionPyramidal cell lossDistinct clinical featuresHippocampal cell densityT2 signal changeSignificant neuron lossHippocampal volumetric measurementsMagnetic resonance imagingVolumetric measurementsSharp electrode recordings