Rutgers researchers publish electronic health record assessment that can identify epilepsy patients at risk for obstructive sleep apnea RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Rutgers researchers have developed a tool to help neurologists screen for obstructive sleep apnea in people with epilepsy whose seizures can be magnified by sleep disorders. The study appears in the journal Neurology Clinical Practice. Although detection and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can improve seizure control in some patientswith epilepsy, providers have not regularly assessed patients for those risk factors. The researchers...
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Magnetic gene in fish may someday help those with epilepsy, Parkinson’s
EAST LANSING, Mich. — An aquarium fish that senses the Earth’s magnetic field as it swims could help unlock how the human brain works and how diseases such as Parkinson’s and other neurological disorders function. Michigan State University scientists are the first to discover a navigational gene in glass catfish called the electromagnetic-perceptive gene, or...
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Study: Brain proteins, patterns reveal clues to understanding epilepsy
UNLV, Tufts University, and international research team offers new clues about which key proteins in the brain play a role in controlling epilepsy, anxiety, and other disorders. UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS New therapies could be on the horizon for people living with epilepsy or anxiety, thanks to a breakthrough discovery by UNLV, Tufts University School of...
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CBD oil study shows significant improvement in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy
Findings from the landmark study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on cannabidiol, or CBD oil, provide the published evidence of significant improvements in seizure frequency and other measures of efficacy in patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy. Published in the journal Epilepsy and Behavior, the results indicate use of CBD oil reduced adverse events and seizure...
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How cannabis and cannabis-based drugs harm your brain
Long-term use of either cannabis or cannabis-based drugs impairs memory say, researchers. The study has implications for both recreational users and people who use the drug to combat epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and chronic pain LANCASTER UNIVERSITY Long-term use of either cannabis or cannabis-based drugs impairs memory say, researchers. The study has implications for both recreational...
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Neurodevelopmental Disorders Involving Epilepsy Include Some Distinct De Novo Variants
Jun 25, 2018, | staff reporter NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Members of an international team led by investigators at the University of Leipzig Hospitals and Clinics have started characterizing the distinct de novo variants (DNVs) involved in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) that cause epilepsy symptoms. Using the DNV profiles of the members of 6,753 parent-child trios affected by diverse NDDs,...
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Absence epilepsy — When the brain is like ‘an orchestra without a conductor’
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as absentminded, a daydreamer. The boy was having difficulty paying attention in class. As the teacher watched the boy closely, she realized that he was not daydreaming. He often blanked out for a few seconds and wouldn’t respond when she called his name....
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New light shed on mechanisms of paediatric epilepsy
Research by Cardiff University has uncovered the brain activity that underlies absence epilepsy, offering new hope for the development of innovative therapies for this disabling disease. Generalized 3 Hz spike and wave discharges in a child with childhood absence epilepsy. Credit: Wikipedia. Absence epilepsy—the most common form of epilepsy in children and teenagers—causes episodes of lack of...
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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 reducing seizure activity by intervening in an area of the brain that is not the focus of the epileptic...
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Repairing a leaky blood-brain barrier in epilepsy
The representative immunostaining for MMP-2 (left), MMP-9 (middle) and the negative control (right; overlay of green, blue and transmitted light channels) in isolated rat brain capillaries. MMPs are shown in green; nuclei were …more Blocking the activity of an enzyme that has a key role in the generation of recurring seizures may provide a new...