Neuroscience
Novel inhibitory brain receptor may be mechanism for remission of epilepsy in adolescence
More than half of children with epilepsy outgrow their seizures, yet the mechanism underlying this remission is unknown.
Aug 26, 2016
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Genetics
Disease gene discovered for frequent epilepsy in childhood
More than 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, with a third of these being children. The most common forms of epilepsy in children occur without any apparent trigger and only affect certain regions of the brain. This ...
Aug 12, 2013
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Pediatrics
Even seizure-free, children with epilepsy can face social problems as adults
Learning difficulties and behavioral problems during childhood can lead to suboptimal social and educational outcomes among young adults with childhood epilepsy even when their seizures are well under control and their disease ...
Mar 30, 2016
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Medications
Medical milestone: US OKs marijuana-based drug for seizures
U.S. health regulators on Monday approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone that could spur more research into a drug that remains illegal under federal law, despite growing legalization for recreational ...
Jun 25, 2018
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Neuroscience
'Missing mutation' found in severe infant epilepsy
Researchers have discovered a "missing mutation" in severe infant epilepsy—long-suspected genetic changes that might trigger overactive, brain-damaging electrical signaling leading to seizures They also found early indications ...
Mar 20, 2018
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Medical research
New insights into the cause of neurological symptoms in mitochondrial diseases
Mitochondrial diseases - which affect 1 in 5,000 people - encompass a spectrum of disorders with an array of symptoms. Many patients with a mitochondrial disease experience neurological symptoms, including intellectual disability, ...
Mar 31, 2016
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Neuroscience
Reduction of tau protein improves symptoms in model of severe childhood epilepsy
Researchers at the Gladstone Institutes have shown that reducing brain levels of the protein tau effectively blocks the development of disease in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome, a severe intractable form of childhood epilepsy. ...
Aug 13, 2014
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Neuroscience
Childhood epilepsy not linked with later psychiatric disorders
For decades, experts have been studying potential links between childhood epilepsy and various behavioral and psychiatric conditions and some have hypothesized that that they are part of a larger spectrum of brain disorders ...
Sep 21, 2015
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Pediatrics
Globally, 11 percent of children live with one of four disabilities
(HealthDay)—Overall, 11.2 percent of the 2.6 billion children and adolescents worldwide had one of the following in 2017: childhood epilepsy, intellectual disability, vision loss, or hearing loss, according to a study published ...
Jun 17, 2020
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Medical research
Trigger region found for absence epileptic seizures
Scientists have discovered a neurological origin for absence seizures—a type of seizure characterized by very short periods of lost consciousness in which people appear to stare blankly at nothing. Using a mouse model of ...
Apr 26, 2019
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