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Studies that explore a dose-dependent risk are very limited but where this was studied (Nulman et al 1997, Samren et al 1997, Kaneko et al 1999, Kaaja 2003, Hernandez-Diaz et al 2012) the data do not consistently show an association between dose and risk of major congenital malformations. Of these studies, only Samren 1997 and Kaneko et al 1999 reported a dose-effect. Samren conducted a very small study involving 33 phenytoin exposed pregnancies. Kaneko (132 exposed pregnancies), found a clear but not statistically significant positive trend between dose and incidence of malformation based on 132 phenytoin-exposed pregnancies. Overall, these data are inconsistent and too limited to draw conclusions on a dose-dependent risk of congenital malformations following phenytoin exposure in utero.

Congenital Malformations

The information and analyses contained in this report reflect evidence that was available at the time of the review in 2020. The MHRA will continue to monitor the safety of all medicines, however the information in this report will not be actively updated with new data or studies. Due to the serious harms that can happen to the unborn baby, a number of restrictions have been made to prevent women with epilepsy from taking valproate during pregnancy. This report presents our review of studies in animals and in women who are pregnant to assess the safety of epilepsy medicines use during pregnancy.

Epidemiological studies

When habituation occurs, the action potentials that result from the stimulus dampen down over time. The repeated exposure to the stimulus decreases the amount of calcium ions which enter the presynaptic neurone, which means that fewer vesicles containing neurotransmitters release their contents into the synaptic cleft. This means that there are less neurotransmitters to bind to receptors on the postsynaptic neurone, so less sodium ions channels open in the postsynaptic neurone. Less depolarisation of the membrane occurs, which may not reach the threshold potential. This means that fewer action potentials will reach the effector (the muscle or the gland) which carries out the response.

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Such intelligence is highly developed in authors, poets, orators, (some) politicians and “academics”. Traditionally most so-called intelligence tests have focused on these two “talents”, and most education systems around the world concentrate on these two abilities. Howard Gardner says that this has given us a warped and limited view of our learning potential. In particular we see little emphasis both at home and at school on the development of our intrapersonal and interpersonal abilities both of which are strongly interweaved with our emotional side. Our Intrapersonal intelligence is the introspective ability to know one’s self and our Interpersonal intelligence is the ability to relate with others.

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In clinical studies where the effect of dose is examined, the findings are inconsistent. The meta-analysis by Weston et al (2016) and data from the North American Antiepileptic Drug Pregnancy Registry and the Australian Pregnancy Registry failed to observe an increased risk of major congenital malformations with increasing doses of topiramate. The available clinical data examining the effect of topiramate on fetal loss are very limited and the findings are inconsistent (Ornoy et al 2008, Trivedi et al 2018, Vajda et al 2018, Veroniki et al 2017a).

It is not the number of neurons that determines the power of our intelligences, it is the number of connections between the neurons which determines this. It is good to be “dense” (the more connected are the neurons the heavier is the brain). The memory capacity from this network is infinite and over a lifetime the average person uses up less than one tenth of one per cent of potential. Seemingly, the amount of potential capacity utilised over a life time is use-dependent. Visual FatigueThis is a condition of the eyes, where vision can be reduced when the eyes are tired. It is your body’s way of telling your brain (so you!) that you need to rest.Separately, we have observed that people with CVI can tire extremely quickly when undertaking certain tasks that require a lot of visual processing.

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