Category: "Research"

Location of Brain Lesions May Predict Seizures

Location of Brain Lesions May Predict Seizures

The location of a lesion in the brain could give clues as to whether or not it will cause seizures later on in life, according to the findings of a new multicenter study published in JAMA Neurology. Epilepsy, which is characterized by repeated seizures and can cause debilitating symptoms arising from them such as cognitive, emotional and sensory […]

Seizure Latency May Help Differentiate Epileptic vs Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Seizure Latency May Help Differentiate Epileptic vs Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures

Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) experienced seizures significantly earlier than patients with epileptic seizures (ES), suggesting that seizure latency may help physicians differentiate between the seizure types. Findings from the retrospective study were published in the journal Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria PNES and ES have similarities that can make it difficult to differentiate between them, and long-term video-electroencephalographic […]

Lacosamide, epilepsy drug, shows neuroprotective effects in rat model

Lacosamide, epilepsy drug, shows neuroprotective effects in rat model

More dopaminergic neurons, better motor function seen in treated animals Lacosamide, a medication approved to treat epilepsy, showed a potential to be neuroprotective in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease, a study reports. Treatment with lacosamide significantly prevented the loss of dopamine-producing neurons that marks Parkinson’s, boosted dopamine production in key areas of the brain, and […]

Brain Circuit Associated With Epilepsy Found in Mapped Lesions

Brain Circuit Associated With Epilepsy Found in Mapped Lesions

Lesion mapping led researchers to identify a common brain circuit related to epilepsy. A new brain circuit found by mapping lesions related to epilepsy could have clinical implications for predicting a patient’s risk of epilepsy after brain damage, a study finds. “We’re learning more and more about where in the brain epilepsy comes from and […]

Caregiving in functional seizures: “Isolated, alone, helpless”

Caregiving in functional seizures: “Isolated, alone, helpless”

Shannon Guinard had finally booked an appointment with Johns Hopkins Medicine, and she wasn’t going to let it go to waste. Her husband, Eric, had been having seizures for about 16 years, but no one had been able to provide a diagnosis. Guinard believed his seizures were triggered by stress and was often frustrated during […]

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