paola vassallo

neurology/epilepsy and cat addicted, aubergine lover. born in Sicily, stopped in Milan, then Lausanne, now in London.

[Quirinale @Quirinale]

#Mattarella: l’Europa può accettare di essere schiacciata tra oligarchie e autocrazie?
Con, al massimo, la prospettiva di un “vassallaggio felice”.
Bisogna scegliere: essere “protetti” oppure essere “protagonisti”?

[Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology @ContinuumAAN]

The next issue on #Epilepsy, guest edited by Dr. Jennifer Hopp, publishes on February 3!
@JenHopp71 @bensalem_owen @RoohiKatyal @drdanielweber @LyellJ @AANMember
#Neurology #NeuroTwitter #MedEd

[paola vassallo @pavivas_]

Hippocampal sclerosis surgeries are declining in recent years, but does that mean the condition is disappearing? Find out in our latest paper, now published in @EurJournalNeuro 🧠⚡️ @vaishaligursal @leysander
https://t.co/TetTtZIeeG

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Remembering the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie.

Curie was born #OnThisDay in 1867.

[SOS MEDITERRANEE France @SOSMedFrance]

11 ans après le naufrage près de #Lampedusa, l'#UE poursuit sa politique de dissuasion. Seul le nombre de morts change.
Au moins 30 356 enfants, femmes et hommes, se sont noyés depuis 2014. Combien d'années encore de tragédies, de morts et de honte en Méditerranée ? Sauver des vies est une obligation légale.
#TogetherForRescue

[Elliot K Fishman / CTisus.com @ctisus]

Happy 53rd anniversary of the CT scan

[Michael Okun @MichaelOkun]

Does the brain change during pregnancy? You bet it does. How about doing 26 MRI scans on a single person pre-conception to 2 years post-partum. WOW! Laura Pritschet and colleagues nailed it with their new paper in @NatureNeuro.
Key Points:
- The authors point out that pregnancy is a period of profound hormonal and physiological changes.
- The authors did something incredible by mapping neuroanatomical changes in an individual from preconception through two years postpartum.
- Boom! There were pronounced decreases in gray matter volume and cortical thickness.
- There were increases in white matter microstructural integrity, ventricle volume and cerebrospinal fluid.
- There were few regions untouched by the 'transition to motherhood.'
My take: This study shows us how a single brain in a single person can be a powerful resource when scanned serially over time. This method is hard to pull off, however what it has the potential to teach us about neuroscience is mind-blowing. Though this paper is only a single subject, the data provides a comprehensive map of the human brain across gestation. It will be interesting to add to the dataset, so we can understand changes across multiple persons and multiple conditions. The convergence of evidence is revealing that pregnancy as associated with dramatic neuroplasticity. How about a shout out to this 38-year-old woman who underwent 26 MRI scans along with blood draws from 3 weeks preconception through 2 years postpartum!
https://t.co/LEnPHzKCcl #pregnancy #brain @ndosenbach @andreashorn_ @EMiddlebrooksMD

[Nat Rev Neurology @NatRevNeurol]

Great talk by Terence O'Brien on the link between epilepsy and Alzheimer disease. Read more on this topic in this recent Review by Anita Kamondi and colleagues: https://t.co/OirgIfKSOV #EEC2024

[International League Against Epilepsy @IlaeWeb]

The 15th European Epilepsy Congress kicked off on 7 September 2024 with a day full of teaching sessions, parallel sessions, and reconnecting with colleagues!

What do you have planned for Day 2 of #EEC2024? Check out the programme and let us know: https://t.co/gsaYtNXUoF

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

Mounting #mpox infections and deaths have led @WHO to once again declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

Today, an Editorial from The Lancet: “Mpox: the need for a coordinated international response” https://t.co/orNBVJUnPI

[Sandor Beniczky @SBeniczky]

Low-cost portable EEG device for bridging the diagnostic gap in resource-limited areas
https://t.co/C4HZeX4NSL
#EEG #epilepsy @EpiDisorders @DTUtweet @IlaeWeb @WileyNeuro @FilaResearch

[Sandor Beniczky @SBeniczky]

This open access educational review covers in detail Stereo-EEG.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About SEEG But Were Afraid to Ask :)
https://t.co/hOMwMf6xwX
#epilepsy #EEG @EpiDisorders @IlaeWeb @yesILAE @AnphyLab @WileyNeuro

[Zach London @zach_london]

What are the most clever or interesting medication names?

Here are my top 9. 🧵

#tweetorial #butnotreally #medtwitter #neurotwitter

[Sandor Beniczky @SBeniczky]

Overinterpretation of sharply contoured #EEG transients as interictal epileptiform abnormalities is the most common cause of misdiagnosing #epilepsy. This review paper explains how to avoid it :)
https://t.co/OWQnhMOzh8
@fabnascimen

[Epilepsia @EpilepsiaJourn]

Key point: SE cessation and good outcome likelihood decreases between the first two treatment steps and the third , clinically reflecting the concept of refractory SE
https://t.co/5hc3128uwd

#StatusEpilepticus #Antiseizuremedication #epilepsy #ILAE @IlaeWeb @WileyNeuro

[Epilepsia @EpilepsiaJourn]

Key point: Despite 35 years of intense litigation, there is no epidemiological or mechanistic evidence that the current vaccines cause or aggravate #epilepsy
https://t.co/9WNExSLz6i

#vaccination #seizures #infantilespasms #cytokine #ILAE @IlaeWeb @epilepsiajourn @WileyNeuro

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

Continuous renal replacement therapy began in the early 1980s.

Despite the term now being recognised by clinicians worldwide, the use of the word renal has recently been challenged.

Rinaldo Bellomo & colleagues discuss in a new Correspondence: https://t.co/ZfRjSUVFM0

[Fábio Nascimento @fabnascimen]

We recommend that adult and child #neurology residents undergo more than 8 weeks (ideally >12 weeks) of #EEG training to ensure minimal routine EEG competency by the time they graduate. @SBeniczky @RoohiKatyal @REMatthewsMD @RoyStrowdMD @GreenJournal

https://t.co/n1Om6rgwOV

[Fred Lepore @FredLepore]

1/If I had a hammer
-Pete Seeger 1949
I broke my reflex hammer (on my desk...not a patient)
So I ordered a new "Queen Square" hammer from Amazon ... but the box says "Babinski."
Just what am I testing tendon jerks with?

[Neurology Journal @GreenJournal]

In Memoriam: Martin A. Samuels, MD (1945–2023) https://t.co/9CfzNgSbfM