Neuroscience
Acid reflux could cause death during epileptic seizures, study finds
Pedro Irazoqui had just enjoyed a huge lobster dinner.
Jan 10, 2019
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Neuroscience
New technology could improve diagnosis of epilepsy and lead to personalized treatment options
Today, the way a physician determines how many seizures a person with epilepsy has had is through the patient's own record of seizure activity. Despite all the technological advances in devices monitoring the human body, ...
Aug 27, 2020
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Neuroscience
Mechanism explains how seizures may lead to memory loss
Although it's been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease, how this happens has been puzzling. In a study published in the journal Nature Medicine, ...
Oct 16, 2017
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Genetics
Neurons' response to seizure-induced stress reduces seizure severity
In response to seizures, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a network of flattened tubes in the cell that packages and transports proteins, triggers a stress response that reduces brain activity and seizure severity. The new ...
Sep 26, 2019
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Neuroscience
Scientists build a 'brain stethoscope' to turn seizures into music
Josef Parvizi was enjoying a performance by the Kronos Quartet when the idea struck. The musical troupe was midway through a piece in which the melodies were based on radio signals from outer space, and Parvizi, a neurologist ...
Sep 25, 2013
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Neuroscience
Electrical brain stimulation curbs epileptic seizures in rats
(HealthDay) -- Researchers report that they have created a device able to short-circuit epileptic seizures in rats.
Aug 9, 2012
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Medical research
Fast ripples confirmed to be valuable biomarker of area responsible for seizure activity in children
New research focusing on high-frequency oscillations, termed ripples and fast ripples, recorded by intracranial electroencephalography (EEG), may provide an important marker for the localization of the brain region responsible ...
Jul 29, 2011
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Neuroscience
'Microlesions' in epilepsy discovered by novel technique
Using an innovative technique combining genetic analysis and mathematical modeling with some basic sleuthing, researchers have identified previously undescribed microlesions in brain tissue from epileptic patients. The millimeter-sized ...
Dec 16, 2014
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Neuroscience
New personal monitoring devices for epilepsy may offer alternatives to inpatient video EEG
Uncontrolled epilepsy affects more than 1.2 million Americans, often requiring a series of trials and errors to identify effective drug combinations. Continuous, long-term EEG data could streamline this process by revealing ...
Dec 7, 2015
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Neuroscience
Harnessing artificial intelligence to control drug-resistant epilepsy
Epilepsy affects nearly one percent of the global population, making it one of the most common neurological disorders. While two-thirds of patients with epilepsy respond well to pharmacological treatment or are eligible for ...
Dec 4, 2018
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