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Epilepsy Treatment Often Delayed in Older Adults
A new study published in Epilepsia found that although most newly diagnosed cases of epilepsy in older adults are treated appropriately with monotherapy, only half of those patients receive treatment within the recommended time frame, and a substantial portion were prescribed older antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) despite recommendations to use newer AEDs in this population.
Drug Developed Thanks to Zebrafish Epilepsy Research Reaches Clinical Trials
We have been posting about using Zebrafish to model epilepsy treatment since 2013, and about the potential for treatments to be developed from these models. Fast forward to 2017, and we have a viable treatment in clinical trials! Via News Medical: New drug discovered in zebrafish model of pediatric epilepsy shows promising results in clinical study “Bench-to-bedside” describes research that has progressed from basic science in animal models that has led to therapies used in patients. Now, a study in the journal Brain describes what could be considered a direct “aquarium-to-bedside” approach, taking a drug discovered in a genetic zebrafish model of epilepsy and testing it, with promising results, in a small number of children with the disease. The study was supported...
SLATE clinical trial uses Medtronic Visualase MRI-guided laser ablation system to treat common form of epilepsy
Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) announced today that the first procedure using the Visualase(TM) MRI-Guided Laser Ablation System has been performed in the pivotal SLATE (Stereotactic Laser Ablation for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy) clinical trial at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Study shows long-term gains from hastening surgical interventions against epilepsy
There are important, long-term gains from hastening the processes around surgical interventions against epilepsy – before the disease has had too much negative impact on brain functions and patients’ lives. These are some of the findings of a thesis for which more than 500 patients were studied and followed up.
RAISING SUDEP AWARENESS IN PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY
This article appears in the AAP News and Journals Gateway Increasing Awareness of Sudden Death in Pediatric Epilepsy Together Gardiner Lapham, William Davis Gaillard, Joanna Sexter, Madison M. Berl The death of any child is tragic. When the death is sudden and unexpected, it can seem especially incomprehensible. Henry was 4 years old when he died only a few weeks after his epilepsy diagnosis; his parents were devastated and never knew that death could occur; no physician had discussed the possibility with them. Henry was an otherwise healthy child, had a history of febrile seizures, and died in his sleep before his epilepsy workup was complete and before his medication was likely therapeutic. Since Henry’s death 8 years ago, together and independently, Henry’s parents, pediatrician, and ne...
Mapping premature infant’s brain after birth may help better predict developmental problems
Scanning a premature infant’s brain shortly after birth to map the location and volume of lesions, small areas of injury in the brain’s white matter, may help doctors better predict whether the baby will have disabilities later.
First Guideline on Presurgical Brain Mapping for Epilepsy
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has released the first evidence-based guideline comparing procedures used for determining brain lateralization prior to epilepsy surgery and for predicting post-surgical language and memory deficits.
Psychiatric Manifestations of Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) comprises 30% of all partial epilepsies; it can masquerade as a primary psychiatric condition or be co-morbid with a psychiatric illness.
New Research Shows Promise for Surgery For Specific Epilepsy Cause
Neurology Advisor: Seizure Reduction Likely With Surgery in Nonlesional Neocortical Epilepsy
Mediterranean diet may help provide long-term protection to the brain
A new study shows that older people who followed a Mediterranean diet retained more brain volume over a three-year period than those who did not follow the diet as closely. The study is published in the January 4, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. But contrary to earlier studies, eating more fish and less meat was not related to changes in the brain.
Specific Brain Lesion Linked to Post-Stroke Epilepsy
HOUSTON — Researchers may have identified a common pathologic lesion in many patients with post-stroke epilepsy (PSE).
Puzzle of Impaired Consciousness in Absence Epilepsy Solved?
Intense abnormal activity in well-known brain networks that occurs early in a seizure may be the key to impaired consciousness in children with absence epilepsy, new research suggests.
