Pivotal, global phase III study results for Fycompa® (perampanel) in primary generalised tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures are published for the first time today in Neurology.1 Study 332 assesses the safety and efficacy of perampanel compared to placebo, in primary generalised tonic-clonic (PGTC) seizures in idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE). Perampanel, which received the new indication from the […]
August 24, 2015 | Epilepsy, Medicine, Neurology
The hippocampus in the brain’s temporal lobe is responsible for more than just long-term memory. Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that it is also involved in quick and successful conflict resolution. The team headed by Prof Dr Nikolai Axmacher from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), together with colleagues from the University Hospital of Bonn […]
August 21, 2015 | Cannabis Derived Medicine, Childhood Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Neurology, News, Research, Seizures
Aeolus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a biotechnology company developing compounds to protect against radiological and chemical threats, announced the publication of a study in mice demonstrating that treatment with their AEOL 10150 significantly improved memory and decreased nerve death after exposure to pilocarpine, an organophosphate used to simulate epilepsy and nerve agent exposure. The publication titled, “Reactive […]
August 19, 2015 | Epilepsy, Medicine, Memory, News, Research, Technology, Treatment
First year treatment costs were found to be substantial. Average cost of $20k per child with epilepsy in first year after diagnoses. Improving seizure control could reduce costs dramatically. Targeting and Improving quality of life issues could also reduce cost. Improving seizure control and targeting health-related quality of life could reduce the substantial costs associated […]
August 17, 2015 | Childhood Epilepsy, Education, Epilepsy, Medicine, Neurology, News, Research, Seizures, Technology, Treatment
Sex does matter: key molecular process in brain is different in males and females? EVANSTON, Ill. — Male and female brains operate differently at a molecular level, a Northwestern University research team reports in a new study of a brain region involved in learning and memory, responses to stress and epilepsy. Many brain disorders vary […]
August 13, 2015 | Epilepsy, Memory, Neurology, Research, Women and Epilepsy
We know that listening to classical music can lower blood pressure, reduce stress levels and even boost learning. But could it also help prevent seizures in people with epilepsy? Now that neurologists have found that the brains of people with epilepsy process music very differently than the brains of people without the condition, this may be a […]
August 12, 2015 | Education, Epilepsy, Research, Seizures, Technology, Treatment, Women and Epilepsy
