Cognitive Disorders in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

• DOI: 10.21103/article7(1)_ra1
• Publication Date: 2017-03-18T15:15:49Z
• Authors: Olga Shilkina; Ivan Artyukhov; ; Polina Moskaleva; ; Irina Strotskaya; ; Natalia Shnayder
• Keywords: juvenile myoclonic epilepsy; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; epileptiform discharges; cognitive disorders; R; Medicine; antiepileptic drugs; 3. Good health

Cognitive disorders are often associated with epilepsy and are a result of a combination of various factors. This review describes scientific advances in the field of cognitive disorders in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), the most common form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Data in this review were collected through an extensive literature search of available full-text publications in PubMed and eLIBRARY.RU databases. We selected four theories of the origin of cognitive impairment in JME patients for discussion, based on the analysis of available studies. Our findings highlight the etiological heterogeneity of cognitive disorders in JME and the importance early screening for them.