Clinical characteristics, intracranial EEG findings, and postoperative seizure outcome were examined. These twelve patients were compared with twenty-one patients with MTLE with unilateral hippocampal sclerosis (HS) on MRI who underwent intracranial EEG before resection (control group).\n\nResults: In patients with MTLE with
no specific histological abnormality, the age at onset was significantly higher, the history of febrile seizures was significantly less frequent, and preoperative IQ score was kinase inhibitor Gefitinib significantly higher than that in the control group. The proportion of patients with bitemporal independent and/or nonlateralizing seizure onset on intracranial EEG was 50% in patients with MTLE with nonspecific histopathology and was significantly higher than that in the control group. Seizure outcome was classified as Engel class I in seven patients, class II in three, class III in one, and class IV in one. Seizure outcome was favorable even in three patients with seizures originating more frequently from the side contralateral to the resected side.\n\nConclusions: Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with no specific histological abnormality is a clinical selleck chem Ponatinib entity
distinctly different from MTLE with HS. Bitemporal independent and/or nonlateralizing seizure onset on intracranial EEG is very common. Although the presence of lateral temporal and/or extratemporal epileptogenicity should always be kept in mind, postoperative seizure outcome after AHE is favorable even in cases with bitemporal independent and/or nonlateralizing seizure onset. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.”
“In the present work thermal-nanoimprint Cilengitide lithography of various commercial thermoplastic resists as matrixes for perylenediimides (PDIs) has been studied. This fabrication method reduces the number of fabrication steps, and therefore, the cost of the obtained distributed feedback (DFB)
lasers. The optical properties of these devices are analyzed, aiming to optimize their performance. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.”
“Being tolerant to heat and drought, oaks are promising candidates for future forestry in view of climate change in Central Europe. Air warming is expected to increase, and drought decrease soil N availability and thus N supply to trees. Here, we conducted a model ecosystem experiment, in which mixed stands of young oaks (Quercus robur, Q. petraea and Q. pubescens) were grown on two different soils and subjected to four climate treatments during three growing seasons: air warming by 1-2 degrees C, drought periods (average precipitation reduction of 43-60%), a combination of these two treatments, and a control.