Memory impairment is not necessarily related to seizure frequency in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis

Epilepsia

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1197-1204

  Pacagnella, Denise ^a   Lopes, Tatila M ^a   Morita, Marcia E ^a   Yasuda, Clarissa L ^a   Cappabianco, Fabio A M ^b   Bergo, Felipe ^a   Balthazar, Marcio L F ^a   Coan, Ana C ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hippocampal atrophy; Memory impairment; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Neuropsychological assessment; Seizure frequency

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSCOGNITIVE SEIZURE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY; MEMORY IMPAIRMENT; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE FREQUENCY;

ADULT; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SCLEROSIS; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905455093     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12691     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Berg AT,. The natural history of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Curr Opin Neurol 2008; 21: 173-178.
2. Labate A, Gambardella A, Andermann E, et al. Benign mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Nat Rev Neurol 2011; 7: 237-240.
3. Berg AT, Berkovic SF, Brodie MJ, et al. Revised terminology and concepts for organization of seizures and epilepsies: report of the ILAE Commission on Classification and Terminology, 2005-2009. Epilepsia 2010; 51: 676-685.
4. Berg AT,. Epilepsy, cognition, and behavior: the clinical picture. Epilepsia 2011; 52 (Suppl. 1): 7-12.
5. Labate A, Ventura P, Gambardella A, et al. MRI evidence of mesial temporal sclerosis in sporadic "benign" temporal lobe. Neurology 2006; 66: 562-565.
6. Semah F, Picot MC, Adam C, et al. Is the underlying cause of epilepsy a major prognostic factor for recurrence? Neurology 1998; 51: 1256-1262.
7. Van Paesschen W, Duncan JS, Stevens JM, et al. Etiology and early prognosis of newly diagnosed partial seizures in adults: a quantitative hippocampal MRI study. Neurology 1997; 49: 753-757.
8. Raspall T, Donate M, Boget T, et al. Neuropsychological tests with lateralizing value in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: reconsidering material-specific theory. Seizure 2005; 14: 569-576.
9. Thompson PJ, Duncan JS,. Cognitive decline in severe intractable epilepsy. Epilepsia 2005; 46: 1780-1787.
10. Dodrill CB,. Neuropsychological effects of seizures. Epilepsy Behav 2004; 5 (Suppl. 1): S21-S24.
11. Andersson-Roswall L, Engman E, Samuelsson H, et al. Verbal memory decline and adverse effects on cognition in adult patients with pharmacoresistant partial epilepsy: a longitudinal controlled study of 36 patients. Epilepsy Behav 2004; 5: 677-686.
12. Helmstaedter C, Kurthen M, Lux S, et al. Chronic epilepsy and cognition: a longitudinal study in temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2003; 54: 425-432.
13. Dodrill CB,. Progressive cognitive decline in adolescents and adults with epilepsy. Prog Brain Res 2002; 135: 399-407.
14. Dodrill CB,. Correlates of generalized tonic-clonic seizures with intellectual, neuropsychological, emotional, and social function in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia 1986; 27: 399-411.
15. Seidenberg M, O'Leary DS, Berent S, et al. Changes in seizure frequency and test-retest scores on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. Epilepsia 1981; 22: 75-83.
16. Dodrill CB, Troupin AS,. Seizures and adaptive abilities. a case of identical twins. Arch Neurol 1976; 33: 604-607.
17. Aikia M, Kalviainen R, Mervaala E, et al. Predictors of seizure outcome in newly diagnosed partial epilepsy: memory performance as a prognostic factor. Epilepsy Res 1999; 37: 159-167.
18. Holmes MD, Dodrill CB, Wilkus RJ, et al. Is partial epilepsy progressive? Ten-year follow-up of EEG and neuropsychological changes in adults with partial seizures. Epilepsia 1998; 39: 1189-1193.
19. Selwa LM, Berent S, Giordani B, et al. Serial cognitive testing in temporal lobe epilepsy: longitudinal changes with medical and surgical therapies. 1994; Epilepsia 35: 743-749.
20. Dodrill CB, Wilensky AJ,. Neuropsychological abilities before and after 5 years of stable antiepileptic drug therapy. Epilepsia 1992; 33: 327-334.
21. Ozkara C, Hanoglu L, Keskinkilic C, et al. Memory in patients with drug-responsive mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis. Epilepsia 2004; 45: 1392-1396.
22. Alessio A, Damasceno BP, Camargo CH, et al. Differences in memory performance and other clinical characteristics in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with and without hippocampal atrophy. Epilepsy Behav 2004; 5: 22-27.
23. Milner B,. Visual recognition and recall after right temporal-lobe excision in man. Epilepsy Behav 2003; 4: 799-812.
24. Helmstaedter C,. Effects of chronic epilepsy on declarative memory systems. Prog Brain Res 2002; 135: 439-453.
25. Conz L, Morita ME, Coan AC, et al. Longitudinal MRI volumetric evaluation in patients with familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Front Neurol 2011; 2: 5.
26. Bonilha L, Kobayashi E, Cendes F, et al. Protocol for volumetric segmentation of medial temporal structures using high-resolution 3-D magnetic resonance imaging. Hum Brain Mapp 2004; 22: 145-154.
27. Magalhaes SS, Hamdan AC,. The Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test: normative data for the Brazilian population and analysis of the influence of demographic variables. Psychol Neurosci 2010; 3: 85-91.
28. Wechsler D,. Wechsler memory scale-revised manual. San Antonio: Psychological Corp; 1987.
29. Alessio A, Kobayashi E, Damasceno BP, et al. Evidence of memory impairment in asymptomatic individuals with hippocampal atrophy. Epilepsy Behav 2004; 5: 981-987.
30. dos Santos EB, Tudesco Ide S, Caboclo LO, et al. Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epilepsia. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2011; 69: 778-784.
31. Cendes F, Cascino GD,. MRI signs of hippocampal sclerosis seen in healthy volunteers: what is the clinical relevance? Neurology 2010; 74: 534-535.
32. Fuerst D, Shah J, Shah A, et al. Hippocampal sclerosis is a progressive disorder: a longitudinal volumetric MRI study. Ann Neurol 2003; 53: 413-416.
33. Briellmann RS, Berkovic SF, Syngeniotis A, et al. Seizure-associated hippocampal volume loss: a longitudinal magnetic resonance study of temporal lobe epilepsy. Ann Neurol 2002; 51: 641-644.
34. Kalviainen R, Salmenpera T, Partanen K, et al. Recurrent seizures may cause hippocampal damage in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 1998; 50: 1377-1382.
35. Liu RS, Lemieux L, Bell GS, et al. Cerebral damage in epilepsy: a population-based longitudinal quantitative MRI study. Epilepsia 2005; 46: 1482-1494.
36. Holtkamp M, Schuchmann S, Gottschalk S, et al. Recurrent seizures do not cause hippocampal damage. J Neurol 2004; 251: 458-463.
37. Cendes F,. Progressive hippocampal and extrahippocampal atrophy in drug resistant epilepsy. Curr Opin Neurol 2005; 18: 173-177.
38. Bilevicius E, Yasuda CL, Silva MS, et al. Antiepileptic drug response in temporal lobe epilepsy: a clinical and MRI morphometry study. Neurology 2010; 75: 1695-1701.
39. Coan AC, Appenzeller S, Bonilha L, et al. Seizure frequency and lateralization affect progression of atrophy in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 2009; 73: 834-842.
40. Seidenberg M, Kelly KG, Parrish J, et al. Ipsilateral and contralateral MRI volumetric abnormalities in chronic unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy and their clinical correlates. Epilepsia 2005; 46: 420-430.