Epilepsy & Cognition

1. New-onset drug-resistant epilepsy in type 1 diabetes mellitus patient following COVID-19 vaccination: suspicious for autoimmune pathogenesis

   CONCLUSION: This case exemplifies the diagnostic challenges inherent in autoimmune-associated epilepsy and underscores the necessity for prompt intervention. Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) antibody-associated autoimmune epilepsy should be suspected in adult-onset temporal lobe epilepsy with co-morbid type 1 DM with early initiation of immune therapy for better clinical outcomes.

2. Stem cell repair strategies for epilepsy

   Epilepsy is a serious neurological disorder; however, the effectiveness of current medications is often suboptimal. Recently, stem cell technology has demonstrated remarkable therapeutic potential in addressing various neurological diseases, igniting interest in its applicability for epilepsy treatment. This comprehensive review summarizes different therapeutic approaches utilizing various types of stem cells. Preclinical experiments have explored the use and potential therapeutic effects of...

3. Neuroglobin: A promising candidate to treat neurological diseases

   Neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative illnesses constitute a global health issue and a foremost economic burden since they are a large cause of incapacity and death worldwide. Altogether, the burden of neurological disorders has increased considerably over the past 30 years because of population aging. Overall, neurological diseases significantly impair cognitive and motor functions and their incidence will increase as societies age and the world's population continues to grow. Autism...

4. Structural White Matter Correlates of the Crowding Effect: Insights From a Tractography Study of the Arcuate Fasciculus Post-Hemispherotomy

   The neuropsychological crowding effect denotes the reallocation of cognitive functions within the contralesional hemisphere following unilateral brain damage, prioritizing language at the expense of nonverbal abilities. This study investigates structural white matter correlates of crowding in the arcuate fasciculus (AF), a key language tract, using hemispherotomy as a unique setting to explore structural reorganization supporting language preservation. We explore two main hypotheses. First, the...

5. Corrigendum to "Association between depressive and anxious symptoms with cognitive function and quality of life in drug-resistant epilepsy" [Heliyon Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2023, Article e20903]

   [This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20903.].