Researchers reveal new cause of epilepsy
A team of researchers from SUNY Downstate Medical Center (SUNY Downstate) and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) has found that deficiencies in hyaluronan, also known as...
View ArticleTask force issues improved definition for epilepsy
A UCLA neurosurgeon was part of a prestigious task force that has created a new clinical definition for epilepsy. The new interpretation, which updates a definition that had been in use for nearly a...
View ArticleHope for seizure control blooms from unexpected source
Aided by former graduate student Nadeem Ashraf, and a Himalayan flower, Robarts Research Institute scientist Michael Poulter may be getting to the root of a solution to epileptic seizures.
View ArticlePredicting epileptic seizures in advance is possible, research says
Twenty minutes' advance prediction of an impending seizure for people with epilepsy is possible using advanced mathematical modelling, according to research published in a leading international science...
View ArticleGW leads clinical trial to reduce epileptic seizures in people with temporal...
A first-of-its-kind clinical trial at the George Washington University (GW) Medical Faculty Associates employs low-frequency deep brain stimulation to potentially help reduce epileptic seizures in...
View ArticleMolecular imbalance linked to brain tumour seizures
Researchers in France may have discovered why some patients with a type of brain tumour have epileptic seizures.
View ArticleImmune response may cause harm in brain injuries, disorders
Could the body's own immune system play a role in memory impairment and cognitive dysfunction associated with conditions like chronic epilepsy, Alzheimer's dementia and concussions? Cleveland Clinic...
View ArticleMedicinal oil reduces debilitating epileptic seizures associated with Glut 1...
Two years ago, the parents of Chloe Olivarez watched painfully as their daughter experienced epileptic seizures hundreds of times a day. The seizures, caused by a rare metabolic disease that depleted...
View ArticleFish oil may help curb seizure frequency in epilepsy
Low doses of fish oil may help to curb the frequency of epileptic seizures when drug treatment no longer works, suggests a small study published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery &...
View ArticleI'll take that brain to go: Advancements in the transport of human brain...
USC biomedical engineers, neurologists and neurosurgeons develop new methods to advance the study of human brains and epilepsy Studying the human brain is logistically complicated. Living samples of...
View ArticleBrain surgery through the cheek: A new way to treat severe epilepsy
For those most severely affected, treating epilepsy means drilling through the skull deep into the brain to destroy the small area where the seizures originate – invasive, dangerous and with a long...
View ArticleGene link to seizures in children after MMR vaccine
Scientists in Denmark said Sunday they had found genetic clues to explain why a small number of children have febrile seizures—brief convulsions—after receiving the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)...
View ArticleGranger causality test can make epilepsy surgery more effective
A new statistical test that looks at the patterns of high-frequency network activity flow from brain signals can help doctors pinpoint the exact location of seizures occurring in the brain and make...
View ArticleHuman stem cell-derived neuron transplants reduce seizures in mice
McLean Hospital and Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists have new evidence that stem cell transplantation could be a worthwhile strategy to help epileptics who do not respond to anti-seizure drugs.
View ArticleNew genetic cause for progressive form of epilepsy identified
An international research consortium has discovered a new gene underlying progressive myoclonus epilepsy, one of the most devastating forms of epilepsy. The study showed that a single mutation in a...
View ArticleChilean moms growing support for medical marijuana
Paulina Bobadilla was beyond desperate. The drugs no longer stopped her daughter's epileptic seizures and the little girl had become so numb to pain, she would tear off her own fingernails and leave...
View ArticleBrain stimulation counteracts dangerous side effect of seizures
Loss of consciousness is a common and dangerous side effect of epileptic seizures. A new Yale-led study, however, shows that activation of electrodes in key brain areas can awaken rats with induced...
View ArticleAES: Studies explore epilepsy, driving regulations
(HealthDay)—Three studies address the impact of epilepsy, subclinical epileptiform discharges (SEDs), and "seizure-like" non-epileptic events (NEEs) on driving. The studies are scheduled to be...
View Article'Microlesions' in epilepsy discovered by novel technique
Using an innovative technique combining genetic analysis and mathematical modeling with some basic sleuthing, researchers have identified previously undescribed microlesions in brain tissue from...
View ArticleUnderstanding how neurons shape memories of smells
In a study that helps to deconstruct how olfaction is encoded in the brain, neuroscientists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a type of neuron that appears to...
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