Intraventricular Cavernous Malformation: Review of the Literature and Report of Three Cases with Neuroendoscopic Resection.

Intraventricular cavernomas (IVCs) are extremely infrequent and only occur in 2.8 to 10% of patients with cerebral cavernomas. We describe three IVC cases and briefly review previously documented IVC cases in PubMed.

Hippocampal body changes in pure partial onset sleep and pure partial onset waking epileptic patients.

The aim of the current study was to evaluate for the first time the hippocampal changes in patients with pure sleep and pure waking epilepsy. A total of 35 patients with pure partial onset sleep epilepsy and 35 patients with pure partial onset waking epilepsy matched for age and sex ratio were enrolled. MR images were analyzed to determine hippocampal body changes.

Anticonvulsant effect of celecoxib on pentylenetetrazole-induced convulsion: Modulation by NO pathway.

This study aimed to examine whether celecoxib influences clonic seizure thresholds through modulation of nitric oxidergic (NO) pathway. The effect of celecoxib (1-5 mg per kg, p.o.