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    Epilepsia: Volume 41, Issue s9

    1-71
    September 2000
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Preface

Preface

  • Page: 1
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

President Lecture

Developmental and Therapeutic Pharmacology of Antiepileptic Drugs

Hisao Miura, 
  • Pages: 2-6
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Special Lecture

Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infants and its Related Syndromes

Charlotte Dravet, 
  • Page: 7
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Educational Lecture

Epilepsy, Pregnancy, and the Child

Sunao Kaneko, 
  • Pages: 8-13
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Symposium I

Refractory Childhood Epilepsy and Factors Related to Refractoriness

Yoko Ohtsuka,  Harumi Yoshinaga,  Katsuhiro Kobayashi, 
  • Pages: 14-17
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Limitations in the Medical Treatment of Cryptogenic or Symptomatic Localization-Related Epilepsies of Childhood Onset

Kosaburo Aso,  Kazuyoshi Watanabe, 
  • Pages: 18-20
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Surgical Indication for Refractory Childhood Epilepsy

Hirokazu Oguni,  Kyoko Mukahira,  Teruyuki Tanaka,  Yutaka Awaya,  Kayoko Saito,  Hiroyuki Shimizu,  Masaya Oda,  Nobutaka Arai,  Ichiro Suzuki,  Makiko Osawa, 
  • Pages: 21-25
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Surgical Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy in Children: Indication for Resective Surgery

Taisuke Otsuki,  Takashi Yoshimoto, 
  • Pages: 26-27
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Neuronal Disconnection for the Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy

Hiroyuki Shimizu,  Taketoshi Maehara, 
  • Pages: 28-30
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Symposium II

Epilepsy in the Elderly

Toshio Hiyoshi,  Kazuichi Yagi, 
  • Pages: 31-35
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A Psychosocial Approach to Epileptic Patients

Akira Ogata,  Kouichiro Amano, 
  • Pages: 36-38
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Indication for Anterior Temporal Lobectomy in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Psychopathology

Masato Matsuura, 
  • Pages: 39-42
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Classification of Psychiatric Symptoms in Patients with Epilepsy

Teiichi Onuma, 
  • Pages: 43-48
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

PLATFORM AND POSTER SESSIONS: NEW PHARMCOLOGICAL APPROACH TO EPILEPSY

PLATFORM SESSION: NEUROSCIENCE

Effects of Zonisamide on K+-Evoked Intracellular Ca2’ Mobilization, Releases of Serotonin, and Glutamate in Rat Hippocampus.

Yuko Kawata,  Motohiro Okada,  Takuya Murakami,  Kazuhisa Zuno,  Kazumaru Wada,  Sumo Kaneko, 
  • Page: 49
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Amygdala-Kindling and Pentylenetetrazole-Induced Seizures in Glutamate Transporter GLAST-Deficient Mice

Takemi Watanabe,  Kiyoshi Morimoto,  Toru Hirao,  Hiroshi Suwaki,  Kei Watase,  Kohi chi Tanaka, 
  • Pages: 49-50
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

The Involvement of Apoptotic Neural Damages in a Patient with Intractable Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and in a Kindling Model

Hiroto Iwasa,  Shuichi Kikuchi,  Seiichirou Mine,  Hiro Miyagishima,  Yasuo Iwadate, 
  • Page: 50
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NEUROSCIENCE SESSION: CHAIRPERSON'S NOTES

Neuropharmacological Approach to Epilepsy: A New Point of View.

Masashi Sasa, 
  • Pages: 50-51
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

PLATFORM SESSION: NEUROSCIENCE

Effects of Kainic Acid on mRNA Expression of GABA, Receptor Subunits in Rat Hippocampus

Koichi Tsunashima,  Christoph Schwarzer,  Yoshio Minabel,  Nobumasa Kato,  Guenier Sperk, 
  • Page: 50
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

PLATFORM AND POSTER SESSION: PATHOGENESIS

Cortical Dysplasias and Epilepsy: Multi-Institutional Survey in Japan

Morimi Shimada,  Kazuie Iinuma,  Toshiaki Hashimoto,  Ikuko Kondoh,  Teruhisa Miike,  Tomoyuki Takano, 
  • Page: 51
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

PLATFORM SESSION: NEUROSCIENCE

Abnormal Excitability of Hippocampal CA3 Neurons in Noda Epileptic Rat (NER): Alteration of Seizure with Aging

Ryosuke Hanaya,  Masashi Sasa,  Tomohide Akimitsu,  Koji Lida,  Kuinatoshi Ishihara,  Tadao Serikawa,  Atsushi Noda,  Kaoru Kurisu, 
  • Pages: 51-52
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Kainic Acid-Induced Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampal Seizures in Rats

Koichi Akaike,  Shigeya Tanaka,  Hideshi Tojo,  Shin-ichiro Fukumoto,  Shin-ichi Imamurn,  Morikuni Takigawa, 
  • Page: 52
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PATHOLOGY

Hereditary Neuronal Microdysgenesis and Acquired Lesions in the Hippocampal Formation of Ihara Epileptic Rat

Atsushi Tsiiji,  Shigeru Amano,  Masao Yokoyama,  Junya Fukuoka,  Masakiyo Sasaharii,  Nobuo Ihara,  Fumitada Hazama,  Masayuki Matsuds, 
  • Pages: 52-53
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A Neuropathological Study on the Brainstem Lesion in Infantile Spasm

Masaharu Hayashi,  Masahiro Itoh,  Satoshi Araki,  Naoyuki Tanuma,  Toshihikp Kohji,  Satoko Kuinada,  Jun Kohyama,  Yoshihide Iwakawa,  Junichi Satoh,  Yoshio Moriinatsu, 
  • Page: 53
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

NEUROTRANSMITTER AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of Valproate on K+-Evoked Serotonin Release and Intracellular Ca2+ Elevation in Rat Hippocampus.

Takuya Murakarni,  Motohiro Okada,  Yuko Kawata,  Kazuhisa Mizuno,  Kazumaru Wada,  Sunao Kancko, 
  • Pages: 53-54
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Enhancement of Antiepileptic Effects of the GAUA-Transport Inhibitor Tiagabine by GABA-Transaminase Inhibitor Vigabatrin

Yukiko Fueta,  Wolfgang Schwarz,  Koich Fukata,  Koki Ohno, 
  • Pages: 54-55
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Pharmacological Characterization of EEG Spikes and Seizures Induced by a Specific Calcium-Permeable AMPA Receptor Antagonist, 1-Naphthylacetyl Spermine (1-NA-Spm)

Akira Takazawa,  Osamu Yamazaki,  Masakazu Kinoshita,  Nobuya Ishida,  Nobumasa Kato,  Toshio Yarnauchi, 
  • Page: 54
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Glutamate Receptor Activation in the Brainstein of Audiogenic Seizure-Susceptible Rats

Akiko Higashiyama,  Nobuya Ishida,  Shin Yasuda,  Tsutomu Nishimura,  Nobumasa Kato, 
  • Page: 55
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

PLATFORM SESSION: NEUROSCIENCE

Alterations of Glutamate Transporter Gene Expression in Epileptic EL Mice Brains

Eiichi Katsumoto,  Takahiro Ozaki,  Toinoyuki Harada,  Koji Mui,  Sakae Yainagatni, 
  • Pages: 55-56
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

KINDLING

Increment of Synapsin I Protein in the Hippocampus of Kindled Rats

Shuji Suemaru,  Keiko Sato,  Toshiki Sato,  Masazumi Kodama,  Yoshihiro Kitamura,  Fumihiko Koyama,  Soichiro Sato,  Yotaro Ninomiya,  Kiyoshi Morimoto,  Norihito Yamada,  Shigetoshi Kuroda, 
  • Page: 56
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Effect of Dipotassium Clorazepate on Ainygdaloid-Kiiidling and Comparison Between Amygdaloid- and Hippocampal-Kindled Seizures in Rats

Kouichiro Amano,  Junichi Takamatsu,  Akira Ogata,  Chihiro Miyazaki,  Motonori Deshimaru,  Shiro Sumiyoshi,  Taihei Miyakawa, 
  • Page: 56
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

GENETICS AND CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS

Molecular Genetic Study on Angelman Syndrome Patients without a Chromosomal Deletion

Shinji Saitoh,  Takahito Wada,  Taeko Sakai,  Norio Kobayashi, 
  • Pages: 56-57
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy in a Japanese Family

Kenichiro Kobayashi,  Maatoshi Ito,  Tatsuya Fujii,  Tomoko Miyajima,  Takehiko Okuno, 
  • Page: 57
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

A Case of Unverricht-Lundborg Type Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy Confirmed by Cystatin B Gene Mutation

Yasuko Yamatogi,  Akira Sano,  Akio Tsutsui,  Takako Misaki, 
  • Page: 57
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

NEUROIMAGING

Non-Invasive Cerebral Blood Volume Measurement during Epilepsy Using Multi-Channel Near Infra-Red Spectroscopic Topography

Eiju Watanabe,  Atsushi Maki,  Yukihiro Nagahori,  Fumio Kawaguchi,  Hideaki Koizumi,  Yoshiaki Mayanagi, 
  • Pages: 57-58
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The Relationship between Proton MRS and Clinical, EEG, or Neuropsychological Features in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Scnichiro Kikuchi,  Suguru Hattori,  Nobuyoshi Shihata,  Takushiro Akata,  Fumio Kuhota,  Akio Takahashi,  Nariyuki Oya,  Kazuo Takeuchi, 
  • Page: 58
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Time-Course of Changes of SPECT, EEG, and Seizures in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Teruhiko Shimizu,  Takashi Nakano,  Jun Yoshikawa,  Ken-ichi Ohmori, 
  • Pages: 58-59
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The Relationship between Magnetic Source Imaging (MSI) of Epileptic Spikes and the Findings of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and Single Photon Emission CT (SPECT) in Epileptic Patients

Hidegi Hattori,  Osainu Matsuoka,  Kaoru Hayashi,  Toshiyuki Seto,  Kyoko Furukawa,  Gen Isshiki,  Masahiro Shimogawara,  Yastihiro Haruta, 
  • Pages: 59-60
  • First Published: 07 October 2008

Regional Relationships Between Focal Abnormalities on SPECTs and High Power Zones on EEG Topographies of Background H Activities in Adult Patients with Partial Epilepsies

Itsuki Jibiki,  Mitsuhiko Nakamura, 
  • Page: 59
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

EEG, EVOKED POTENTIALS, AND MEG

Dipole Tracing Examination for the Electric Source of Photoparoxysmal Response Provoked by Half-Field Stimulation

Kazuhiko Kobayashi,  Kimiko Yasuda,  Jun-ichi Takanashi,  Katsuo Sugita,  Yoichi Kohno,  Hiroto Iwasa,  Yoshio Nakajima, 
  • Page: 60
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Functional Changes of the Brainstem Triggering Diffuse 3 Hz Spike-and-Wave Complexes 111

Shinobu Kohsaka,  Tacko Sakai,  Susumu Mizukami,  Kimiaki Uetake,  Masako Kohsaka, 
  • Pages: 60-61
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

NEUROIMAGING

Usefulness of Neuroimaging Studies for Localization of the Epileptogenic Focus in Patients with Frontal Lohe Epilepsy Manifesting as Complex Gestural Automatisms

Mutsuo Sasagawa,  Shigeki Kameyama,  Masafuini Fukuda,  Manabu Wachi,  Osamu Kanazawa,  Etsuko Nakajima, 
  • Page: 60
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

EEG, EVOKED POTENTIALS, AND MEG

Magnetoencephalographic Findings on Patients Having Symptomatic Localization-Related Epilepsy with Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor as the Epileptogenic Lesion

Kenjiro Fukao,  Yutaka Watanabe,  Hideaki Shiraishi,  Koichiro Yamada,  Kazumi Matsuda,  Tadahiro Mihara,  Tateki Fujiwara,  Kazuichi Yagi, 
  • Pages: 61-62
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Differences in Evoked Potential Findings between DRPLA Patients and Patients with Cortical Reflex Myoclonus

Kiyoto Kasai,  Teichi Onuma,  Masaaki Kato,  Takeji Kato,  Jun Takeya,  Masanori Sekimoto,  Keiichiro Watanabe,  Narihiro Minami,  Yu-ichi Goto,  Yoshio Minahe, 
  • Page: 61
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

PHOTOSENSITIVE SEIZURES

The Effect of the “Pocket Monster” Incident on Patients with Convulsive Disorders

Nagako Murakami,  Hideo Enoki,  Eita Minakuchi,  Tomoyuki Akiyama,  Junri Hattori,  Eiji Oka, 
  • Page: 62
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Photosensitive Seizures Induced by Animated TV Program called “Pocket Monsters” and Long-Wavelength Red Light from CRT

Yukitoshi Takahashi,  Takeshi Ozawa,  Hitoshi Nakamura,  Shinji Yamada,  Hiroyuki Okamoto,  Shigehiro Yajima,  Kasumi Goto,  Naomi Kondo, 
  • Page: 62
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Clinical Course and Prognosis

Transient Remission In Intractable Localization-Related Epilepsies of Childhood Onset.

Junko Nakai,  Kazuyoshi Watanabe,  Akihisa Okumura,  Tamiko Negoro,  Kosaburo Aso, 
  • Pages: 63-64
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Clinical and Electroencephalographic Study of Patients with Be- nign Rolandic Epilepsy from the Standpoint of the Total Number of Seizures.

Takashi Kajitani,  Motonori Kaueko,  Takafumi Kimura,  Yohko Takeda, 
  • Page: 63
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PLATFORM SESSION: NEUROSCIENCE

Photosensitivity According to Types of Epilepsy and Epileptic Syn- dromes.

Hideaki Shiraishi,  Tateki Fujiwara,  Yushi Inoue,  Kazuichi Yagi, 
  • Page: 63
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Psychiatry and Psychology

A Multi-Institutional Study on a New Five-Axial Classification Sys- tem for Epileptic Psychoses.

Masato Matsuura,  Takuya Kojima,  Naoto Adachi,  Yasunori Oana,  Yoshiro Okubo,  Tunekatsu Hara,  Teiichi Onuma, 
  • Page: 64
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

VIQ-PIQ Discrepancies in Partial Epilepsy: On the Relation to Lat- eralities of Focal MRI Lesions, P3 Peaks, and Focal Spikes.

Osamu Kanazawa,  Mihoko Yoshino,  Mutsuo Sasagawa,  Manabu Wachi,  Masafuini Fukuda,  Shigeki Kameyama, 
  • Page: 64
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Chronological Changes of Plasma Homovanillic Acid (HVA) and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylethyleneglycol (MHPG) Levels in 4 Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy who Developed Psychosis-Like Symptoms (Hallucination and Delusion) During Zonisamide (ZNS) Administration.

Takuya Ueno,  Rumiko Kan,  Masahiko UeJima,  Yuriko Miyamoto,  Manabu Watanabe,  Ruriko Takahashi,  Shin-Ichi Niwa, 
  • Page: 65
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

DRUG THERAPY AND PHARMACOKINETICS

The Effect of Ethyl Loflazepate on Refractory Childhood Epilepsy

Nagako Murakemi,  Harumi Yoshinaga,  Iori Ohmori,  Kazunori Ogawa,  Takashi Asano,  Eiji Oka, 
  • Pages: 65-66
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Psychiatry and Psychology

Ictal “Doppelganger” Experience.

Sumio Hara,  Shigeki Takei,  Naohiro Yokoyama,  Tsunekatu Hara, 
  • Page: 65
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Drug Therapy and Side Effects

Zonisamide-Related Confusional State with Prolonged Diffuse Slow-Wave Bursts: A Case Report.

Aihide Yoshino,  Kazuya Kimura, 
  • Pages: 66-67
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Drug Therapy and Pharmacokinetics

Changes in Serum Phenytoin Concentrations in Epileptic Patients Produced by Changing Phenytoin Preparation from Granular Form to a Novel 10% Powder.

Kenji Emori,  Akihito Okabe,  Kodai Tanaka,  Koji Tajiri,  Masayoshi Kurachi, 
  • Page: 66
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Epilepsy Surgery

Surgery for Catastrophic Epilepsy with Temporo-Parieto- Occipital Cortical Dysplasia: Clinical Features and Surgical Outcome of Three Patients.

Jiro Shimomura,  Yuko Kubota,  Takayasu Tottori,  Takayasu Tottori,  Kazumi Matsuda,  Tadahiro Mihara,  Tateki Fujiwara,  Kazuichi Yagi, 
  • Pages: 67-68
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Drug Therapy and Side Effects

Myoclonic-Astatir Epilepsy: A Report of Three Intractable Cases.

Yuichi Takuma, 
  • Page: 67
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Delayed Reaction Time in Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.

Jiying Zheng,  Hiroaki Okajima,  Hiroshi Aikawa,  Toshio Yamauchi, 
  • Page: 67
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Epilepsy Surgery

Late Onset Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Possible Etiology and Postsurgical Seizure Outcome

Takayasu Tottori,  Tadahiro Mihara,  Koichi Baba,  Kazumi Matsuda,  Toshiaki Ohtsubo,  Naotaka Usui,  Yushi Inoue,  Tateki Fujiwara,  Kazuichi Yagi, 
  • Pages: 68-69
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Anterior Corpus Callosotomy in the Treatment of Medically Intractable Epilepsy: Multicenter Study in Japan

H. Baha,  Y. Mayanagi,  T. Mihara,  T. Sakaki,  T. Tanaka, 
  • Page: 68
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Case Reports

Movement-Induced Focal Motor Seizures and Choreoathetosis As- sociated with Nonketotic Hyperglycemia: A Case Report

Hisashi Tanaka,  Masayasu Tsuji,  Eiichi Mori,  Akio Takeda, 
  • Page: 69
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

CASE REPORTS

Lidocaine-Dependent Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy with Hyponatremia and Highly Suppressed EEG

Yukio Sawaishi,  Tamami Yano,  Masamichi Enoki,  Goro Takada, 
  • Pages: 69-70
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

Epilepsy Surgery

Language-Related Potentials in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Before and After Surgical Treatment

Toshihiko Ito,  Hiroto Iwasa,  Seichiro Mine,  Tadahiko Shibata,  Ichiro Shimoyama,  Keijiro Koseki,  Toshio Sato,  Yoshio Nakajima, 
  • Page: 69
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

CASE REPORTS

A Sibling of a Patient with Familial Schizencephaly with Epileptic Spasms

Shigeru Kimura,  Kikuo Sakemi,  Masahiro Makuta, 
  • Pages: 70-71
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

A Case with Absence Seizures After Neuroimaging Changes of Rasmussen Syndrome

Erik Yamanaka,  Yurie Noma,  Taeko Ono,  Keisuke Yamada,  Ryutarou Takahashi,  Susumu Miyake,  Shoichi Endo, 
  • Page: 70
  • First Published: 02 August 2005

ESES Syndrome with Acquired Aphasia

Sumimasa Yamashita,  Michiko Yamada,  Hiroko Iwamoto, 
  • Page: 71
  • First Published: 02 August 2005