21st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Epilepsy Society of Australia

Session Details

Poster Session

Thursday, 5 October 2006 12:35 -14:30

Long-term vagus nerve stimulation decreases cumulative seizure duration in GAERS
  • Dr Stefanie M Dedeurwaerdere, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Anticonvulsant action of dns- ii acetone fraction of delphinium nordhagenii against picrotoxin induced seziures in mice
  • Mr Muhamad Liaquat Raza, University of Karachi, Pakistan
  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Determinants of Increased Hippocampal CA1 Region Excitability in a Brain-Slice Model of Acquired Limbic Epileptogenesis
  • Dr Christopher A Reid, Howard Florey Institute of Physiology and Medicine
  • Early postnatal separation stress enhances vulnerability to later limbic epileptogenesis in young adult rats
  • Gaurav Kumar, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne
  • NPY over-expression focally in the ventrobasal thalamus suppresses absence-like seizures in a genetic rat model
  • Valentina Jovanovska, University of Melbourne
  • Changes in HCN Expression in the Hippocampus are not critical to Limbic Epileptogenesis: Contrasting Results in two Animal Models
  • Kim L Powell, University of Melbourne
  • Anticonvulsant and anti-epileptogenic effects of protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) in amygdala kindling in rats
  • Mr Rink-Jan Lohman, University of Melbourne
  • dxa and pqct techniques identify mouse strains with bone deficits due to sodium valproate treatment
  • Susan M Senn, University of Melbourne
  • Rapid hippocampal cell loss and increased GABAA/cBZR expression post-status epilepticus in the kainate model of TLE
  • Damian E Myers, University of Melbourne
  • Hippocampal HCN mRNA expression is a predictor of an excitable phenotype following kainic acid insult in an organotypic brain slice model
  • Brendan E L Adams, University of Melbourne
  • Resistant Childhood Absence Epilepsy in Identical Twins: Response to a Short Course of Oral Prednisolone
  • Simon R Williams, John Hunter Hospital
  • New-AED long-term retention and treatment efficiency data from Hamilton, New Zealand
  • Dr Paul L Timmings, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
  • Impact of a protocol for the use of intranasal midazolam for prolonged seizures in the community
  • Margaret R Kyrkou, Children, Youth and Women's Health Service
  • Update and trends of the Australian Register of Pregnancies for Women on antiepileptic drugs
  • Prof Frank J E Vajda, Monash University and Monash Medical Centre
  • Safety of newer antiepileptics in infants exposed through breast milk as measured by infant growth parameters and breast milk levels
  • Dr Karen Fuller, St Vincent's Hospital
  • Effect of levetiracetam on cortical excitability in healthy subjects
  • Carlo Solinas, Neuroscience
  • Chronic anti-epileptic drug treatment is associated with reduced balance function – A twin and matched sibling pair pilot study
  • Dr Sandra J Petty, University of Melbourne
  • Oxcarbazepine aggravates seizures in a genetic absence epileptic rat model
  • Mr Thomas W Zheng, University of Melbourne
  • Human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and idiosyncratic skin reactions in patients on Carbamazepine; Data from the Australian Prospective AED Pharmacogenetic Study
  • Cassandra Szoeke
  • Levetiracetam in refractory paediatric epilepsy
  • Ms Patricia Cannell, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth
  • A peculiar form of epilepsy induced by crying in infancy
  • Hitoshi Yamamoto, St Marianna University, Japan
  • Algorithms for the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy by nurses in a developing country: the East Timor Epilepsy Project
  • A/Prof Ernest R Somerville, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
  • The Characteristics of Epilepsy in the 1p36 Deletion Syndrome
  • Simon R Williams, John Hunter Hospital
  • Adult onset Rasmussen’s encephalitis with dual pathology
  • Ron Granot, Prince of Wales Hospital
  • Childhood lesional frontal lobe epilepsy - semiology characterisation and outcome
  • Dr Gopinath S Musuwadi, Children's Hospital at Westmead
  • Evaluation of first unprovoked seizures in children by general paediatricians in New Zealand
  • Dr Melinda A Nolan, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Inpatient video-EEG monitoring in non-epileptic attacks
  • Dr Mark Simpson, Auckland Hospital, New Zealand
  • Migraine and epilepsy: support for a pathophysiological link
  • Dr Emma M Whitham, Flinders University
  • The diagnostic value of tongue biting and incontinence in patients undergoing inpatient video EEG monitoring
  • Megan Oliva, The Epilepsy Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Syndrome-specific differences in cortical excitability in patients with epilepsy investigated using transcranial magnetic stimulation
  • Dr Radwa AB Badawy, University of Melbourne
  • EEG abnormalities in children with developmental stuttering
  • Dr Mark T Mackay, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
  • The effect of different EEG source localisation algorithms on spike dipole position in TLE
  • Ms Ema Pitts, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne
  • Epilepsy in hemiplegic cerebral palsy due to congenital stroke
  • Dr Jithangi Wanigasinghe, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
  • Epileptiform activity in sleep in children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
  • Miranda Georgiou, Monash Neurology
  • Angie C Lalor, Monash Neurology
  • Hyperacusis as a seizure manifestation
  • Dr S Raju Yerra, Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • First seizure presentation of obstructive sleep apnoea
  • Dr Simon Bower, Monash Medical Centre
  • V EEG analysis of neonatal seizures: what can they tell us
  • Dr Lakshmi Nagarajan, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth
  • Effectiveness of a one-day memory training workshop for patients with epilepsy
  • Laurie A Miller, Neuropsychology Unit
  • Community education about epilepsy in a developing country: the East Timor Epilepsy Project
  • Mrs Lisa Todd, Epilepsy Action
  • Memory in children with mesial and lateral temporal lobe epilepsy
  • Linda M Gonzalez, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Austria
  • Prevalence of depression increased in patients with non-lesional compared to lesional focal epilepsy
  • Sophie J Adams, Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Patients' Knowledge of the Medical and Social Aspects of Epilepsy at Diagnosis
  • Ms Jill E Stow, University of Melbourne
  • Cognitive functioning after a newly-diagnosed seizure
  • Ms Sarah L Velissaris (nee Willetts), University of Melbourne
  • Ictal and postictal perfusion changes in patients with refractory partial epilepsy
  • Dr Chong H Wong, Westmead Hospital
  • Voxel based DTI analysis identifies hippocampal sclerosis
  • Dr Gaby S Pell, Brain Research Institute, Melbourne
  • A method for filtering motion artefacts from EEG recorded in the MR scanner
  • Richard AJ Masterton, Brain Research Institute
  • Assessing the validity of fMRI measures of clinical language lateralization
  • Dr Anthony B Waites, Brain Research Institute, Austin Health
  • Measurement of gray matter variation in idiopathic and generalised epilepsy syndromes using voxel-based morphometry
  • Heath R Pardoe, Brain Research Institute
  • Measuring variability in the BOLD response to interictal epileptiform discharges
  • Dr Anthony B Waites, Brain Research Institute, Austin Health
  • Evaluation of [18F]fluoroflumazenil for in vivo PET imaging of GABAA/cBZR density in small animal models of epilepsy
  • Dr Stefanie M Dedeurwaerdere, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • Voxel-based analysis of diffusion tensor and 3D structural images of children with lesion negative intractable focal epilepsy
  • Dr Catherine J Riney, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust and The Institute of Child Health (UCL), London, United Kingdom
  • Simultaneous EEG and fMRI of centro-temporal spikes in benign focal epilepsy of childhood
  • Mr Richard A J Masterton, Brain Research Institute
  • Focal Cortical Dysplasia in Extratemporal MRI-negative, PET positive focal Epilepsy
  • Dr Raju S Yerra, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
  • Reversible segmental cerebral vasoconstriction following epilepsy surgery
  • Dr Ferdinand Miteff, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand
  • Single pulse electrical stimulation of the cortex during prolonged subdural EEG monitoring in children
  • Dr Danny Flanagan, Brain Research Institute, Austin Health, Melbourne
  • Effect of contralateral interictal epileptiform discharges and seizure propagation on postoperative seizure outcome in patients with unilateral lesional temporal lobe epilepsy
  • Dr Siew Peng Lee, Austin Health
  • Missense mutations in SCN2A cause a spectrum of familial neonatal and infantile onset seizures
  • Ms Bronwyn E Grinton, Epilepsy Research Centre and University of Melbourne, Austin Health
  • Severe Infantile Multi-Focal Epilepsy: A new sodium channel phenotype
  • Prof Ingrid E Scheffer, Epilepsy Research Centre, Univeristy of Melbourne, Austin Health
  • Action Myoclonus – Renal Failure Syndrome: searching for the gene in a unique cerebro-renal syndrome
  • Danya F Vears, Epilepsy Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Austin Health
  • Published on Friday, 29 September 2006 by the Professional Conference Organiser