2019
The Incidence of Postoperative Seizures Following Treatment of Postinfectious Hydrocephalus in Ugandan Infants: A Post Hoc Comparison of Endoscopic Treatment vs Shunt Placement in a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Punchak M, Mbabazi Kabachelor E, Ogwal M, Nalule E, Nalwoga J, Ssenyonga P, Mugamba J, Rattani A, Dewan M, Kulkarni A, Schiff S, Warf B. The Incidence of Postoperative Seizures Following Treatment of Postinfectious Hydrocephalus in Ugandan Infants: A Post Hoc Comparison of Endoscopic Treatment vs Shunt Placement in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Neurosurgery 2019, 85: e714-e721. PMID: 31086941, PMCID: PMC7534394, DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyz122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChoroid plexus cauterizationETV/CPCPostoperative seizure incidencePostinfectious hydrocephalusSeizure incidenceEndoscopic third ventriculostomyUgandan infantsShunt placementMantel-Haenszel hazard ratiosKaplan-Meier methodVentriculoperitoneal shunt placementPostoperative epilepsyPostoperative seizuresPreoperative symptomsEpilepsy incidenceFirst seizureHazard ratioControlled TrialsEndoscopic treatmentThird ventriculostomyTreatment modalitiesSeizure riskHead circumferenceRelative riskSeizure onset
2014
Oxygen and seizure dynamics: I. Experiments
Ingram J, Zhang C, Cressman J, Hazra A, Wei Y, Koo Y, Žiburkus J, Kopelman R, Xu J, Schiff S. Oxygen and seizure dynamics: I. Experiments. Journal Of Neurophysiology 2014, 112: 205-212. PMID: 24598521, PMCID: PMC4064411, DOI: 10.1152/jn.00540.2013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpileptiform activityRat hippocampal slicesLayer-specific patternsSeizure-like eventsSeizure-like stateSpontaneous seizure-like eventsHippocampal slicesSeizure onsetNeuronal interplayCellular excitabilitySeizure dynamicsEndogenous hypoxiaGreater reductionO2 utilizationHypoxiaElectrical recordingsSeizuresCA1ExcitabilityPyramidaleRapid Eye Movement Sleep and Hippocampal Theta Oscillations Precede Seizure Onset in the Tetanus Toxin Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Sedigh-Sarvestani M, Thuku G, Sunderam S, Parkar A, Weinstein S, Schiff S, Gluckman B. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep and Hippocampal Theta Oscillations Precede Seizure Onset in the Tetanus Toxin Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 1105-1114. PMID: 24453303, PMCID: PMC3898281, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3103-13.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid eye movement (REM) sleepNonrapid eye movement sleepEye movement sleepHippocampal theta rhythmState of vigilanceTemporal lobe epilepsyMovement sleepSeizure onsetLobe epilepsySeizure susceptibilityTheta rhythmChronic spontaneous seizuresNatural behavioral statesTetanus toxin modelHalf of baselineSpontaneous seizuresSeizure rateVentral hippocampusToxin modelSeizuresSurvival analysisTetanus toxinTherapeutic potentialREM boutsProminent theta
1995
Feature-based detection of epileptic seizures using ECoG recordings and a PAM model
Hughes E, Gaillard W, Jacyna G, Schiff S. Feature-based detection of epileptic seizures using ECoG recordings and a PAM model. 1995, 2: 933-934 vol.2. DOI: 10.1109/iembs.1995.579355.Peer-Reviewed Original Research