Epileptic seizures in Alzheimer's disease: Another fine MESS?

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-419

  Larner, Andrew J ^a   Marson, Anthony G ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

EID: 79955621332     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-102148     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Palop JJ, Mucke L (2009) Epilepsy and cognitive impairments in Alzheimer disease. Arch Neurol 66, 435-440
2. Larner AJ (2010) Epileptic seizures in AD patients. Neuro-Molecular Med 12, 71-77.
3. Palop JJ, Chin J, Roberson ED, Wang J, Thwin MT, Bien-Ly N, Yoo J, Ho KO, Yu GQ, Kreitzer A, Finkbeiner S, Noebels JL, Mucke L (2007) Aberrant excitatory neuronal activity and compensatory remodelling of inhibitory hippocampal circuits in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. Neuron 55, 697-711. (Pubitemid 47321079)
4. Minkeviciene R, Rheims S, Dobszay MB, Zilberter M, Hartikainen J, Fulop L, Penke B, Zilberter Y, Harkany T, Pitkanen A, Tanila H (2009) Amyloid fj-induced neuronal hyperexcitability triggers progressive epilepsy. JNeurosci 29, 3453-3462.
5. Mendez MF, Lim GTH (2003) Seizures in elderly patients with dementia: epidemiology and management. Drugs Aging 20, 791-803. (Pubitemid 37159597)
6. Larner AJ (2010) Epileptic seizures in neurodegenerative dementia syndromes. J Neurol Neurosci 1, 1-3.
7. Belcastro V, Costa C, Galletti F, Pisani F, Calabresi P, Parnetti L (2007) Levetiracetam monotherapy in Alzheimer patients with late-onset seizures: a prospective observational study. Eur J Neurol 14, 1176-1178. (Pubitemid 47459735)
8. Rao SC, Dove G, Cascino GD, Petersen RC (2009) Recurrent seizures in patients with dementia: frequency, seizure types, and treatment outcome. Epilepsy Behav 14, 118-120.
9. Cumbo E, Ligori LD (2010) Levetiracetam, lamotrigine, and phenobarbital in patients with epileptic seizures and Alzheimer's disease. Epilepsy Behav 17, 461-466.
10. Marson A, Jacoby A, Johnson A, Kim L, Gamble C, Chadwick D, Medical Research Council MESS Study Group (2005) Immediate versus deferred antiepileptic drug treatment for early epilepsy and single seizures: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 365, 2007-2013. (Pubitemid 40805008)
11. Kim LG, Johnson TL, Marson AG, Chadwick DW, MRC MESS Study Group (2006) Prediction ofrisk ofseizure recurrence after a single seizure and early epilepsy: further results from the MESS trial. Lancet Neurol 5, 317-322.
12. Bonnett LJ, Tudur-Smith C, Williamson PR, Marson AG (2010) Risk of recurrence after a first seizure and implications for driving: further analysis of the Multicentre study of early Epilepsy and Single Seizures. BMJ 341, c6477.
13. Marson AG, Al-Kharusi AM, Alwaidh M, Appleton R, Baker GA, Chadwick DW, Cramp C, Cockerell OC, Cooper PN, Doughty J, Eaton B, Gamble C, Goulding PJ, Howell SJ, Hughes A, Jackson M, Jacoby A, Kellett M, Lawson GR, Leach JP, Nicolaides P, Roberts R, Shackley P, Shen J, Smith DF, Smith PE, Smith CT, Vanoli A, Williamson PR, SANAD Study Group (2007) The SANAD study of effectiveness of carbamazepine, gabapentin, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine, or topiramate for the treatment of partial epilepsy: an unblended controlled trial. Lancet 369, 1000-1015. (Pubitemid 46436124)
14. Xie J, Brayne C, Matthews FE, Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study collaborators (2008) Survival times in people with dementia: analysis from population based cohort study with 14 year follow-up. BMJ 336, 258-262. (Pubitemid 351251626)
15. Rait G, Walters K, Bottomley C, Petersen I, Iliffe S, Nazareth I (2010) Survival of people with clinical diagnosis of dementia in primary care: cohort study. BMJ 341, c3584.