News tagged with initial seizures


Study yields clues about the evolution of epilepsy

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...





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Study finds gene bringing together animal and human research in alcoholism

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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

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created Oct 22, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


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First anti-seizure drug for newborns to be developed

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created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UCL Institute for Child Health are developing the first anti-seizure drug specifically for newborn babies, with the aim of reducing brain damage.


Survey offers first-ever look at treatment practices for nonepileptic seizures

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created Apr 21, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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created Jun 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

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created Dec 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Drugs may prevent epilepsy, seizures after brain injury

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created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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.


Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first

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created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

A "miracle" Australian baby has become the first person cured of a rare and deadly brain-melting condition after doctors gambled on an experimental drug tested only on mice, they said Thursday.



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