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Study yields clues about the evolution of epilepsy
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...
Study finds gene bringing together animal and human research in alcoholism
Apr 23, 2009 |
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An important genetic study conducted through Mayo Clinic has identified vital new information concerning alcoholism in subjects with European ancestry, according to a recent issue of Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Re ...
Brain's immune system may cause chronic seizures
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic seizures caused by traumatic head injuries may result from chemicals released by the brain's immune system attempting to repair the injured site, according to a study led by the University of Colorado ...
Childhood epilepsy research offers new hope for seizure control
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Scientists still do not know what causes epileptic seizures, but researchers from Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute are one step closer to solving this puzzle with the help of their newly developed genetically modified ...
Survey offers first-ever look at treatment practices for nonepileptic seizures
Apr 21, 2008 |
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A new nationwide clinician survey provides the first comprehensive look at what is community care or ‘treatment as usual’ for nonepileptic seizures (NES), laying the groundwork for clinical trials aimed at identifying effective ...
Possible link between different forms of epilepsy found
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have identified what may be the first known common denominator underlying inherited and sporadic epilepsy — a disruption in an ion channel called the BK channel. Although BK channels ...
Researchers discover that gene switches on during development of epilepsy
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2009 |
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A discovery made by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine while studying mice may help explain how some people without a genetic predisposition to epilepsy can develop the disorder.
Study finds it generally safe to withdraw anti-seizure medication in children with epilepsy
Dec 07, 2008 |
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A new Mayo Clinic study found that it is generally safe to withdraw anti-seizure medications in children with epilepsy who have achieved seizure-freedom while on the medication. Researchers found that these children were ...
Drugs may prevent epilepsy, seizures after brain injury
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drugs that block a growth factor receptor on brain cells may prevent epilepsy after brain damage, according to a new study appearing in the July 15 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
Scientists create entirely new way to study brain function
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina have devised a chemical technique that promises to allow neuroscientists to discover the function of any population of neurons in an animal ...
Gene therapy inhibits epilepsy in animals
Nov 08, 2006 |
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For the first time, researchers have inhibited the development of epilepsy after a brain insult in animals. By using gene therapy to modify signaling pathways in the brain, neurology researchers found that they could significantly ...
A new relationship between brain derived neurotrophic factor and inflammatory signaling
Oct 22, 2008 |
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In the October 14th edition of Science Signaling researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and The University of Colorado ...
Yeast mimics severity of mutations leading to fatal childhood illness
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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Scientists report that human gene mutations expressed in yeast cells can predict the severity of Batten Disease, a fatal nervous system disorder that begins during childhood. The new study published in Disease Models & Me ...
The future of medicine: Insert chip, cure disease?
Jul 24, 2007 |
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Imagine a chip, strategically placed in the brain, that could prevent epileptic seizures or allow someone who has lost a limb to control an artificial arm just by thinking about it.
3 clinical features identified to avoid misdiagnosis of TIAs
Nov 10, 2008 |
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For mini-strokes, or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis can be perilous. Overdiagnosis neglects the real underlying illness. Underdiagnosis leaves a patient at risk of a full-fledged ...
