Neuroscience
Why exposure to rhythmic stimulation at certain frequencies facilitate epileptic seizures
Why does exposure to rhythmic stimulation at certain frequencies facilitate the occurrence of epileptic seizures?
Dec 19, 2016
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Neuroscience
Study uncovers anticonvulsant effects of valproic acid
University of California, Irvine researchers with the School of Medicine have identified the mechanism by which valproic acid controls epileptic seizures, and by doing so, also revealed an underlying factor of seizures.
Sep 14, 2015
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Medical research
Epilepsy research focused on astrocytes
During epileptic seizures, a large number of nerve cells in the brain fire excessively and in synchrony. This hyperactivity may lead to uncontrolled shaking of the body and involve periods of loss of consciousness. While ...
Jan 25, 2021
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Health
Grower: 5,000 in Louisiana medical marijuana program so far
Two weeks after Louisiana patients began receiving medical marijuana, the program is humming along without supply disruption and with thousands of people receiving the drug for medical use, regulatory officials and the head ...
Aug 19, 2019
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Neuroscience
Granger causality test can make epilepsy surgery more effective
A new statistical test that looks at the patterns of high-frequency network activity flow from brain signals can help doctors pinpoint the exact location of seizures occurring in the brain and make surgery more effective, ...
Nov 4, 2014
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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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Neuroscience
Hope for new treatment of severe epilepsy
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden believe they have found a method that in the future could help people suffering from epilepsy so severe that all current treatment is ineffective. "In mice studies, we succeeded in ...
Apr 17, 2018
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Neuroscience
New method increases life span of donated brain tissue
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a method that enables them to use donated brain tissue from people with epilepsy for 48 hours. Previously, the researchers only had 12 hours to test new treatments before ...
Mar 9, 2018
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Neuroscience
Epilepsy could become easier to pinpoint with blood test
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have discovered higher levels of immune proteins in the blood before and after an epileptic seizure. The possible biomarkers can be identified using a simple blood test. Diagnosing ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A promising clinical trial to reduce the severity of autistic disorders
Although this therapy is not curative, it nevertheless reduced the autistic disorders' severity in three-quarters of the children. The researchers have filed a request for authorisation to perform a multi-centre European ...
Dec 12, 2012
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