Acute Marijuana Use and Cerebellar Infarction

Three adolescent cases of ischemic stroke involving the posterior fossa circulation and cerebellum occurred within days after the illicit use of marijuana and presented over a span of 5 years at St Louis University School of Medicine, MO

Epilepsy and Behavior

Investigators at Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, and multiple centers (25) in the USA and UK, studied the Neurodevelopmental Effects of Antiepileptic Drugs (NEAD Study) in 195 children of pregnant women with epilepsy who had received AED monotherapy (carbamazepine, lamotrigine, phenytoin, or valproate) from 1999 to 2004

Prognosis of Neonatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke

Investigators from University Children’s Hospitals in Bern, Zurich, Aarau, and multiple other centers in Switzerland evaluated prospectively the epidemiology, manifestations, and treatment of all full-term neonates with neonatal arterial ischemic stroke (NAIS) and born 2000-2010

Hypothalamic Hamartomas and Gelastic Epilepsy

Researchers at Stanford University and other neurological centers in the United States performed a retrospective review and analysis of the clinical presentation and neuroanatomical features of hypothalamic lesions in 100 cases of gelastic epilepsy

Prolonged QT During Epileptic Seizures

Researchers at Western General and Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK, measured the corrected QT interval before and during seizures in a prospective study of 39 children, 1 month-16 years of age, with various epilepsies

Hallucinations after Valproic Acid Withdrawal

Child psychiatrists and neurologists in Utrecht, The Netherlands report case histories of 2 girls, ages 4 and 12 years, with a history of epilepsy who developed hallucinations after withdrawal of valproic acid (VPA)

Pediatric Neurology Briefs: Year in Review

In 2018, the mission of Pediatric Neurology Briefs (PNB) remains the same: “PNB is a continuing education service designed to expedite and facilitate the review of current scientific research and advances in child neurology and related subjects.

Randomized, Controlled Study of Adderall XR in ADHD

The efficacy and safety of Adderall XR in the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and diurnal variation in responses were assessed by a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled trial at 47 sites, and reported from the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Motor Deficits after Cerebellar Tumor Resection

Cognitive and motor performance after resection of a cerebellar tumor was studied in 22 patients (age range 10-28 years) at University of Minnesota, MN

Status Epilepticus Induced by Antiepileptic Drugs

Adolescent and adult patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) who developed paradoxical video-EEG documented status epilepticus (SE) precipitated by inappropriate antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) were studied retrospectively at Hopital Pasteur, Nice; Hopital Rangueil, Toulouse; and Hopital Henri-Gastaut, Marseilles, France