Study supports link between stress, epileptic seizures
(HealthDay)—Scientists have long thought that stress plays a role in epileptic seizures, and new evidence suggests that epilepsy patients who believe this is the case experience a different brain response ...
Neuroscience
Dec 04, 2012 |
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What doctors don't know about treating kids with epilepsy
(HealthDay)—Many American doctors lack knowledge about the proper diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in children, according to a new study.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Children's seizures not always damaging, study finds
(HealthDay)—Not all prolonged seizures permanently hurt children with epilepsy, according to preliminary findings from a long-term follow-up study.
Neuroscience
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Antidepressants may lead to fewer seizures in people with epilepsy
(HealthDay)—Besides helping to boost mood, antidepressants may also reduce seizure frequency for people with epilepsy, a new study suggests.
Medications
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Surprising results from study of non-epileptic seizures
A Loyola University Medical Center neurologist is reporting surprising results of a study of patients who experience both epileptic and non-epileptic seizures.
Neuroscience
Dec 02, 2012 |
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Seizures linked to surgery drugs can be prevented by anesthetics, study finds (Update)
Two drugs commonly given during cardiac surgery can lead to convulsive seizures, but anesthetics can help cut the risk, according to new research from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Neuroscience
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Engineering a photo-switch for nerve cells in the eye and brain
(Medical Xpress)—Chemists and vision scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have designed a light-sensitive molecule that can stimulate a neural response in cells of the retina and brain—a ...
Medical research
Nov 14, 2012 |
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In a world of chronic pain, individual treatment possible, research shows
An investigation into the molecular causes of a debilitating condition known as "Man on Fire Syndrome" has led Yale researchers to develop a strategy that may lead to personalized pain therapy and predict which chronic pain ...
Medical research
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Making memories: Researchers explore the anatomy of recollection
With the help of data collected from intracranial electrodes implanted on epilepsy patients, researchers in Drexel's School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems are getting a rare look inside the brain in ...
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Rats' stroke-induced seizures stopped with pulse of light
(Medical Xpress)—Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have shown that a structure deep within the brain is a crucial component of recurring seizures that can arise as a delayed consequence of a cerebral stroke. ...
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2012 |
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MRI and EEG could identify children at risk for epilepsy after febrile seizures
Seizures during childhood fever are usually benign, but when prolonged, they can foreshadow an increased risk of epilepsy later in life. Now a study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that brain imaging ...
Neuroscience
Nov 07, 2012 |
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Insomnia may raise risk of heart attack, stroke
(HealthDay)—People with insomnia may have double the chances of a heart attack or stroke as opposed to those who sleep well, a study by Taiwanese researchers suggests.
Health
Nov 05, 2012 |
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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
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Less-invasive method of brain stimulation helps patients with Parkinson's disease
Electrical stimulation using extradural electrodes—placed underneath the skull but not implanted in the brain—is a safe approach with meaningful benefits for patients with Parkinson's disease, reports the October issue ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Study examines role of microglial cells as both defenders and fighters in the nervous system
(Medical Xpress)—In many pathologies of the nervous system, there is a common event - cells called microglia are activated from surveillant watchmen into fighters. Microglia are the immune cells of the ...
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