Marleide da Mota Gomes

TL;DR: The risk of seizure induction in patients with epilepsy undergoing rT MS is small and that the risk of other adverse events is similar to that of rTMS applied to other conditions and to healthy subjects.

TL;DR: Insomnia symptoms and insomnia disorder are highly prevalent among PWE based on a limited number of studies with variable inclusion criteria and methodology and additional investigations are needed given the potential impact of insomnia on seizure control, mood and QOL in PWE.

TL;DR: A systematic review of papers published in two databases up to May 2018, with adults with epilepsy who have undergone either two consecutive nights of in-laboratory polysomnography (PSG) or one night of ambulatory PSG, found that wake after sleep onset (WASO) time in minutes was higher in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy.

TL;DR: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) seems to be related more frequently to undiagnosed sleep disorders than to epilepsy-related factors, and although it affects the quality of life of PWE, it can be improved by treating comorbid primary sleep disorders.

TL;DR: Psychiatric comorbidities such as anxiety are linked to EDS and should be recognized and treated and more studies based on objective sleep quality analysis are needed to help elucidate these relationships in the Brazilian population.