News tagged with recurrent seizures


Mild brain cooling after head injury prevents epileptic seizures in lab study

(Medical Xpress)—Mild cooling of the brain after a head injury prevents the later development of epileptic seizures, according to an animal study reported this month in the  Annals of Neurology.

Neuroscience created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brake on nerve cell activity after seizures discovered: Gene expression initiates protective electrical response

Given that epilepsy impacts more than 2 million Americans, there is a pressing need for new therapies to prevent this disabling neurological disorder. New findings from the neuroscience laboratory of Mark ...

Neuroscience created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify genetic cause of MMPSI, rare infant epileptic disorder

A Yale-led team of researchers has identified the gene that, when mutated, causes a devastating early-onset disorder in babies known as "malignant migrating partial seizures of infants," or MMPSI. The study ...

Genetics created Oct 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New medication offers hope to patients with frequent, uncontrollable seizures

A new type of anti-epilepsy medication that selectively targets proteins in the brain that control excitability may significantly reduce seizure frequency in people whose recurrent seizures have been resistant to even the ...

Neuroscience created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Surgery for epilepsy leads to around half of patients being seizure-free after 10 years

Around half of patients remain seizure free 10 years after undergoing surgery for epilepsy. However, there is scope for further improvement in presurgical assessment and surgical treatment of people with chronic epilepsy. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0