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Treatment for Lafora disease shows promise in pre-clinical study
A novel antibody-enzyme fusion therapeutic strategy for Lafora disease has shown effectiveness in pre-clinical study mice models.
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Brain-heart link points at potential biomarker for trauma-induced epilepsy
Scientists at Penn State find that heartbeat irregularities connected to brain activity abnormalities may pave the way to predict onset of epilepsy in certain patients…
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How cannabis and cannabis-based drugs can harm your brain
Long-term use of either cannabis or cannabis-based drugs impairs memory...
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Researchers develop a new method to discover drugs to treat epilepsy
Method uncovers a promising new use for a well-known cancer drug in stopping difficult-to-treat seizures...
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Chemogenetics provides hope for severe epilepsy
Researchers believe that they have found a method that in the future could help people suffering from epilepsy so severe that all current treatment is ineffective...
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New study directly links mossy brain cell activity to epilepsy symptoms
New findings from an NIH-funded study of mice suggest that loss of mossy cells may contribute to seizures and memory problems in a form of epilepsy.
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Specific set of nerve cells controls seizures’ spread through brain
Experimental activation of a small set of nerve cells in the brain prevents convulsive seizures in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Genetic testing may detect childhood epilepsy
Specific genetic factors have been found to be the cause of epilepsy in 40 percent of patients evaluated with seizures...
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Micro-gene protects the brain from developing epilepsy
A tiny microRNA has been shown to play a beneficial role in protecting the brain from epileptic seizures in specially engineered transgenic mice.
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New targeted approach for epilepsy drug therapies
New research from the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the Mario Negri Institute in Milan, has identified a protein that could help patients with epilepsy respond more positively to drug therapies.
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New analysis of brain activity offers insight into epileptic seizures
Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder that afflicts approximately 50 million people worldwide. Although this disease has been known to exist for centuries, the exact mechanism of its cardinal symptom, the epileptic seizure, remains poorly understood. In fact, roughly 25% of epileptic seizures can’t be controlled by any of the…
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Significant epilepsy gene discovery in dogs
A collaborative study describes a novel myoclonic epilepsy syndrome in dogs for the first time and discovers its genetic cause at DIRAS1 gene.
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Novel inhibitory brain receptor puts epilepsy in remission at adolescence
26 August 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
At the onset of puberty, the emergence of a novel inhibitory brain receptor, α4βδ (alpha four beta delta), reduces epilepsy seizure-like activity in mouse...
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New compounds could prevent epilepsy
22 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Researchers have developed compounds that may prevent the development of epilepsy. In a new study, scientists found that these compounds prevented seizures and their damaging effects...
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Breast cancer drug suppresses dangerous brain seizures
13 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Scientists also found that inhibiting oestrogen synthesis just after seizure onset strongly suppressed seizures in both sexes...
