Issue 2/2009
Nontraditional Epilepsy Treatment Approaches
Content (28 Articles)
Electrical stimulation for the treatment of epilepsy
Paul Boon, Robrecht Raedt, Veerle de Herdt, Tine Wyckhuys, Kristl Vonck
Vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of refractory epilepsy
Andrew H. Milby, Casey H. Halpern, Gordon H. Baltuch
Intracranial stimulation therapy for epilepsy
Tara L. Skarpaas, Martha J. Morrell
Noninvasive brain stimulation protocols in the treatment of epilepsy: Current state and perspectives
Michael A. Nitsche, Walter Paulus
The therapeutic potential of focal cooling for neocortical epilepsy
Steven M. Rothman
Commentary: Physical approaches for the treatment of epilepsy: Electrical and magnetic stimulation and cooling
Wolfgang Löscher, Andrew J. Cole, Michael J. McLean
Embryonic stem cell-derived neural precursor grafts for treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy
Xu Maisano, Joseph Carpentino, Sandy Becker, Robert Lanza, Gloster Aaron, Laura Grabel, Janice R. Naegele
Engineered adenosine-releasing cells for epilepsy therapy: Human mesenchymal stem cells and human embryonic stem cells
Detlev Boison
Transplantation of GABA-producing cells for seizure control in models of temporal lobe epilepsy
Kerry Thompson
Commentary: The prospect of cell-based therapy for epilepsy
Arnold R. Kriegstein, Asla Pitkänen
Neuropeptide Y overexpression using recombinant adenoassociated viral vectors
Francesco Noé, Angelisa Frasca, Claudia Balducci, Mirjana Carli, Gunther Sperk, Francesco Ferraguti, Asla Pitkänen, Ross Bland, Helen Fitzsimons, Matthew During, Annamaria Vezzani
Adeno-associated virus vector-mediated expression and constitutive secretion of galanin suppresses limbic seizure activity
Thomas J. McCown
Alteration of epileptogenesis genes
Amy R. Brooks-Kayal, Yogendra H. Raol, Shelley J. Russek
Commentary: A skeptical view of experimental gene therapy to block epileptogenesis
F. Edward Dudek
Nanotechnology for delivery of drugs to the brain for epilepsy
Margaret F. Bennewitz, W. Mark Saltzman
Intraventricular and intracerebral delivery of anti-epileptic drugs in the kindling model
Juan A. Barcia, José M. Gallego
Convection-enhanced delivery in the treatment of epilepsy
Michael A. Rogawski
Intranasal delivery of antiepileptic medications for treatment of seizures
Daniel P. Wermeling
Attenuation of kindled seizures by intranasal delivery of neuropeptide-loaded nanoparticles
Michael J. Kubek, Abraham J. Domb, Michael C. Veronesi
Developing novel antiepileptic drugs: Characterization of NAX 5055, a systemically-active galanin analog, in epilepsy models
H. Steve White, Erika A. Scholl, Brian D. Klein, Sean P. Flynn, Timothy H. Pruess, Brad R. Green, Liuyin Zhang, Grzegorz Bulaj
Commentary: Novel delivery approaches for antiepileptic drugs: Hope and hurdles
Dieter Schmidt, Gregory L. Holmes
Neurosteroid replacement therapy for catamenial epilepsy
Doodipala S. Reddy, Michael A. Rogawski
The ketogenic diet: Proposed mechanisms of action
Kirk Nylen, Sergei Likhodii, W. McIntyre Burnham
Ketogenic diets: Evidence for short- and long-term efficacy
Eric H. Kossoff, Jong M. Rho
Botanicals and herbs: A traditional approach to treating epilepsy
Steven C. Schachter
Commentary: Hormones, diet, and botanicals
Jerome Engel, Solomon L. Moshé