[Role of the acetylcholine--cholinesterase system in the development of epilepsy]. 1979

N G Sergienko, and A Gonzalez-Quevedo, and N Gonzalez, and L Simón y Canón, and G Marin

The report pertains to some data on the cholinesterase activity in the blood serum and CSF of 62 patients with epilepsy, in correlation with different clinical characteristics (the severity of the disease, the character of the EEG, frequency of seizures, treatment efficacy, etc). In 86,8% of the cases there was a significant increase in the activity of serum cholinesterase. Increased cholinesterase activity correlated only with pronounced pathological changes in the EEG (reverse correlation) and the efficacy of treatment (direct correlation). After surgical treatment of 9 cases there was a drop in the cholinesterase activity of the blood serum and CSF, which correlated with an improvement in the general state of the patients. On the basis of personal experience, as well as literary data, it is assumed that an increase in the cholinesterase activity in epileptic patients is not related to the main etiological factors of this disease but is rather a secondary change, a peculiar "symptom" of the disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D002802 Cholinesterases Acylcholineacylhydrolase,Cholase,Cholinesterase
D004827 Epilepsy A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313) Aura,Awakening Epilepsy,Seizure Disorder,Epilepsy, Cryptogenic,Auras,Cryptogenic Epilepsies,Cryptogenic Epilepsy,Epilepsies,Epilepsies, Cryptogenic,Epilepsy, Awakening,Seizure Disorders
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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