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Eleven patients with transient paralytic attacks of obscure nature are described. Paralysis could involve face or leg alone, face and hand, or face, arm and leg. The duration varied from two minutes to one day. Four patients had brain tumors, six probably had brain infarcts, and one a degenerative process. The differential diagnosis included TIAs, migraine accompaniments, and seizures. In the absence of good evidence for the first two, the cases are discussed from the standpoint of possibly representing nonconvulsive seizure paralysis (ictal paralysis, inhibitory seizure paralysis or somatic inhibitory seizure). Because of the difficulty in defining seizures as well as TIAs and migraine in their atypical variations, a firm conclusion concerning the mechanisms of the spells was not attained. Two cases of the hypertensive amaurosis-seizure syndrome have been added as further examples of ictal deficits.
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PMID:Transient paralytic attacks of obscure nature: the question of non-convulsive seizure paralysis. 10 Jan 95

There is a definite need for replacement estrogen therapy in menopausal women exhibiting vasomotor symptoms or osteoporosis, particularly if the woman has had bilateral oophorectomy. There is a less clearly defined need in women complaining of emotional symptoms. Atrophic vaginitis and trigonitis is usually best treated with topical application of estrogen, which does not have systemic side effects if used weekly; more frequent use can lead to vascular absorption. Some of the problems associated with estrogen replacement are dose-related and can be eliminated by using smaller dosages. Uterine bleeding can usually be controlled by administering cyclically with progesterine. Hypertension, thrombosis, and adenocarcinoma are problems associated with administration of exogenous estrogens; use should be undertaken with great care in women exhibiting these conditions and patients should be followed closely to make sure such conditions are not developing. Other conditions which may worsen with estrogen therapy are diabetes mellitus, seizure disorders, migraine, multiple sclerosis, collagen diseases, cholelithiasis, and hyperlipidemia. None except hyperlipidemia is an absolute contraindication but risk/benefit ratios must be considered carefully in these cases.
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PMID:Estrogens for the menopause. Maximizing benefits, minimizing risks. 19 9

Steroid hormones, i.e., corticosteroids, estrogens, androgens and progestogens are formed in the adrenal cortex, male gonads, and the female placenta. Relatively little is known of their influence on behavior and their neuroendocrine function. On the cellular level, the rate of increase of RNA message to produce albumen and avidin is directly proportionate to the presence of steroids and their amount. Corticosteroid receptors are found in the thymus, liver, spleen and heart. The brain has receptors both for the corticosteroids and the sex hormones. These receptors are scattered throughout different regions of the brain, but the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasome is found only in the pituitary which accounts for its role in stopping the secretion of ACTH. Testosterone undergoes metabolic changes in the brain, affecting behavior. The A chain undergoes an enzyme reduction to 5aDHT and androstandiol. Following enzyme changes, the A chain of male testosterone can become female estradiol. Laboratory tests prove that sexual behavior in males is affected only by those androgens that can convert to estrogens, while in females it is dependent on the conversion of testosterone to estrogen. Lately psychiatrists have become very interested in the catechol estrogens, fairly new metabolites of estradiol which are produced in the hypothalamus and contain 2 hydroxyl groups (as compared with the 1 hydroxyl in estrogens). Catechol estrogens block estradiol receptors, behaving like antiestrogens. Researchers are investigating the possibility of signaling the desired neural messages without the concomitant effects that estrogen produces, through using catechol estrogens. They are examining this natural derivative of estradiol which may affect among others: sexual behavior, maturity, depression, migraines, and epileptic seizures.
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PMID:[Steroid hormones and the activity of the central nervous system]. 38 16

The controversial relations between migraine and vascular headache on one hand, epilepsy on the other hand are once more discussed: survey of the arguments for a more than fortuitous connexion, taken from literature and general experience. Critical analysis of the personal case material. Discussion of some specific groups of patients with various combinations of both syndromes: long antecedents of headaches, leading up to sporadic epileptic attacks, focal or generalized; clinical seizures under photic stimulation (10% of the cases with chronic headaches without organic lesions); headaches in the latency period of symptomatic epilepsy; cases of seeming transition between the two syndromes; headaches as a substitute, an aura or as a component of the epileptic seizure, with clearly distinctive features between generalized and focal epilepsy: in patients with bilateral EEG paroxysms, headaches are usually diffuse or bilateral, in those with epileptogenic foci, headaches, if consistently localized, are always reported to be homolateral to the focus. Considerations concerning pathogenesis include the familiar hypothesis of hypoxic discharges following migrainous vasoconstriction, as well as secondary vascular headaches induced by focal epileptic activity. Headaches caused by excessive discharges in the sensory representation areas (H. Jackson) must be rare. Whether increased neuronal activity in the hypothalamus may be responsible for the migraine syndrome (Herberg), possibly in connection with biogenic amines, remains in open question.
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PMID:[Epilepsy and headaches (author's transl)]. 41 Jun 25

Two children are reported who had recurrent attacks of impairment of time sense, body image, and visual analysis of the environment. These occurred with a clear state of consciousness and in the absence of any evidence of an encephalitic process, seizures, drug ingestion, or psychiatric illness. Both children had recurrent headaches; one was clearly migrainous. There was a family history of migraine in both cases. These children represent examples of the Alice in Wonderland syndrome in juvenile migraine.
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PMID:The Alice in Wonderland syndrome in juvenile migraine. 44 Aug 58

The possibility that epileptic seizures and classic migraine episodes may occur in the same patient is discussed. The probable relationship between the neurophysiological mechanisms which underlie both types of attacks has not yet been agreed upon. The case of a young man who suffered from classic migraine and who presented two convulsive epileptic attacks, preceded by visual aura is described. The EEG showed an epileptogenic occipito-temporal focus which corresponded to the region of the scotoma origin. A possible connection between scotoma in migraine and epileptic discharge is discussed. It is proposed that spreading depression, as the basis of the migraine prodomata, was preceded by a moment of intense neuronal excitation which changed the epileptic intercritical activity into a critical one.
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PMID:Possible interference between migrainous and epileptic mechanisms in intercalated attacks. Case report. 45 90

Four adolescents had basilar migraine, infrequent cerebral seizures, and severe EEG abnormalities. The clinical course was benign, with normal personality, mentation, and neurologic examination. Almost continuous EEG abnormalities, consisting of rhythmic temporo-occipital sharp and slow wave discharges, or generalized spike and wave complexes, were seen in serial recordings. The rare seizures, either focal or generalized, usually followed a migrainous aura and seemed to be readily controlled with anticonvulsant medication. The complex relationship between classical migraine and epilepsy is illustrated by this syndrome; recognition of its relatively benign course may prevent unnecessary investigation and undue alarm.
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PMID:Basilar migraine, seizures, and severe epileptiform EEG abnormalities. 56 90

We here enumerate criteria that we believe are suitable for the diagnosis of migraine in children. Using these criteria, we identified 84 children retrospectively, and studied their illness for 3 to 9 years thereafter. The majority were male, and 47 patients had frontal headaches. EEGs were performed in 64 children: 17 were paroxysmal, but 7 patients never developed seizures. Referral to a neurologist occurred when there was a marked increase in the frequency or severity of headaches. Irrespective of the form of treatment, about one-half of all patients had more than a 50% reduction in headache frequency in the 6 months following their initial visit to a neurologist.
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PMID:Diagnosis and treatment of migraine in children. 57 49

The influence of oral contraceptive agents on neurologic diseases in not clear. Animal experiments suggest that estrogens lower the seizure threshold whereas gestagens have the opposite effect. In women with epilepsy no change in the pattern of attacks could be observed under oral contraceptives. The inducing effect of hydantions and barbiturates on drug metabolizing enzymes requires the prescription of higher doses of estrogens and gestagens. Otherwise unwanted pregnancy can result, an especially unfavourable event in regard to the teratogenicity of hydantoins and barbiturates and possibly or oral contraceptives, too. An immunosuppressive effect of oral contraceptives - found in animals with EAE--could be favourable in respect to the disturbed immune mechanism of patients with multiple sclerosis and myasthenia. The influence of oral contraceptives on migraine seems to vary. The risk of arterial cerebral thromboembolic disease is increased in women taking oral contraceptives. The correlation to the estrogen content of the drugs remains to be proved.
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PMID:[Oral contraceptives--indications and neurological complications (author's transl)]. 58 98

The causes of chronic, recurrent headaches, the electroencephalographic findings and the response to phenytoin (Dilantin) and other medications have been evaluated in 100 children. A history of head injury was reported in 41% and convulsions had occurred in 15%. Electroencephalographic dysrhythmias were severe in 18 and moderate in 27%. Migraine was diagnosed in 42% and tension headaches in 18%; psychogenic factors complicated learning disabilities and minimal brain dysfunction in 21%. Phenytoin controlled migraine in 77% and headaches diagnosed as seizure equivalents in 40%; the response was unrelated to the degree of electroencephalographic abnormality. An abnormal electroencephalogram and response to phenytoin are insufficient criteria for a diagnosis of epilepsy in children with recurrent headaches.
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PMID:Recurrent headaches in 100 children. Electroencephalographic abnormalities and response to phenytoin (Dilantin). 63 3


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