Publications by authors named "C M Kozma"
EEG slowing is reported in various neurological disorders including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Epilepsy. Here, we investigate alpha rhythm slowing in individuals with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy compared with healthy controls, using scalp EEG and magnetoencephalography. We retrospectively analysed data from 17 (46) healthy controls and 22 (24) individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent scalp EEG and magnetoencephalography recordings as part of presurgical evaluation.
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- Researchers studied how important it is to fully remove areas of the brain that cause seizures during surgery for patients who can't control their epilepsy with medicine.
- They looked at data from 63 patients and found that most had a lot of the problem areas taken out, but it didn't seem to help them avoid seizures afterward.
- The study concluded that just removing the seizure areas isn't enough to guarantee no more seizures, suggesting that there might be other reasons for seizures after surgery.
Background: Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder require long-term antipsychotic treatment with antipsychotic medications, but poor medication adherence can lead to increased health care utilization and costs. Long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) offer potential therapeutic advantages in that they require less frequent dosing and improved medication adherence. South Carolina has the highest adoption of LAIs among US states, making it an ideal population for comparing the effectiveness of LAIs vs oral antipsychotics (OAPs) in treating schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder.
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- Identifying unusual brain activity is really important for treating epilepsy, and researchers are learning new ways to analyze brain waves to help with this.
- The study looked at brain activity from 234 people and compared it to 63 patients with epilepsy, using different methods to see how brain patterns work.
- They found that using a complete band power method was the best way to tell if patients would do well or poorly after surgery, and mixing both periodic and aperiodic activities gave better results.
The relationship between conscious experience and brain activity has intrigued scientists and philosophers for centuries. In the last decades, several theories have suggested different accounts for these relationships. These theories have developed in parallel, with little to no cross-talk among them.
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