Background Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading cause of death
in people with chronic refractory epilepsy. Very rarely, SUDEP occurs in epilepsy monitoring …

Depression is a frequent finding in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Regional cerebral
glucose metabolism was measured in depressed and nondepressed patients with PD and …

This study evaluates the usefulness of PET for the preoperative evaluation of brain gliomas
and methods of quantification of PET results. Methods: Fifty-four patients with brain gliomas …

Using the [ 18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose method and positron emission topography, we studied
cerebral glucose utilization during sleep and wakefulness in 11 young normal subjects. Each …

INTRODUCTION: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a symptomatic add-on treatment for
patients with medically refractory epilepsy. It consists of continuous electrical stimulation of the …

It has been shown that the hallucinogenic potencies of LSD, the phenylisopropylamines,
such as DOB (4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenylisopropylamine) and DOI (4-iodo-2,5-…

Positron emission tomography (PET) techniques represent a useful tool to better understand
the residual brain function in vegetative state patients. It has been shown that overall …

Methods To evaluate the diagnostic power of cerebral metabolic distribution patterns for"
cortical" degenerative dementias, PET scans obtained from 129 patients referred for differential …

Electroencephalographic activity in the context of disorders of consciousness is a swiss
knife like tool that can evaluate different aspects of cognitive residual function, detect …

Aims Synaptic vesicle proteins 2 ( SV 2) are neuronal vesicles membrane glycoproteins that
appear as important targets in the treatment of partial and generalized epilepsies. Therefore…