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European scientists identify gene linked with certain types of early-onset epilepsy
Treatment may help prevent poor brain development in some cases Certain types of early-onset epilepsy are caused by previously unknown mutations of a potassium channel gene, KCNA2. The mutations disrupt the electrical balance in the brain in two ways. In some...
Quest Diagnostics to provide whole exome sequencing service to diagnose neurological disorders
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced the availability of Neurome™, a whole exome sequencing service designed to aid the diagnosis of rare neurological disorders in pediatric populations....
Understanding How Neurons Shape Memories of Smells
In a study that helps to deconstruct how olfaction is encoded in the brain, neuroscientists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a type of neuron that appears to help tune, amplify and dampen neuronal responses to chemosensory...
All you need to know about Epilepsy!
Epilepsy is a seizure disorder that affects the nervous system and its functions. It’s imperative that you know what epilepsy is, its various kinds, causes and treatment methods. Epilepsy occurs when there is an electricity disturbance in your brain. Different people...
PRESS RELEASE: Abstract Submission Open for the American Epilepsy Society’s 69th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
Newswise — West Hartford, Conn., March 6, 2015 – The American Epilepsy Society (AES) has announced that abstract submissions for the 2015 Annual Meeting are now open. This year the AES 69th Annual Meeting will be held in Philadelphia, PA at the Pennsylvania Convention...
Personality and Neurology: Extroverts Might Have More Brain Matter Volume, Study Suggests
Not all extroverts are made the same, and scientists from Brown University have mapped out the differences and similarities in the brain that make "agentic" go-getters and "affiliative" people persons. People-persons are those who thrive on sharing affection and get a...
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Warning Signs.
If you take medication and start feeling flu symptoms and getting a strange rash, it is something to be monitored closely, seek medical attention immediately if the rash persists or grows. Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a rare, serious disorder of your skin and mucous...
Are you farther than 1 hour from a Stroke Center?
One-third of US population can't be transported by ambulance to stroke center within one hour One-third of the US population does not have access to a primary stroke center within one hour by ambulance, and even under optimal conditions, a large proportion of the US...
Anxiety and déjà vu: an interview with Dr Christine Wells, Sheffield Hallam University
Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab) What is currently known about how and why déjà vu happens? It’s thought that the neural basis of déjà vu is located in the temporal lobes, a region of the brain strongly associated with the storage and...
When Seizures are Disguised as Panic Attacks
Excerpt from original article via Daily Mail UK 'Panic attacks are extremely common, with one in ten of us thought to suffer from them at least occasionally. Louise Thomas - and her doctors - were convinced she was one of the millions affected. A panic attack...
Diagnosing Autism with Saliva
Proteins In Saliva May Help Diagnose Autism Since earlier diagnosis of autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may lead to earlier therapies and treatments which can improve functional outcomes, the search has been ongoing for a biological marker which defines the...
Another Study Shows High Patient Satisfaction with Epilepsy Surgery
A newly published study shows that over 90% of epilepsy patients who had brain surgery were happy with their choice to have epilepsy surgery. The high satisfaction rating is tied to the seizure reduction rates which were shown to be greatly reduced or eliminated...
New study challenges scientific theory about role of hippocampus in unconscious memory
A new study by a UT Dallas researcher challenges a long-accepted scientific theory about the role the hippocampus plays in our unconscious memory. For decades, scientists have theorized that this part of the brain is not involved in processing unconscious memory, the...
Drinking coffee may lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis
Drinking coffee may be associated with a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 67th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, April 18 to 25, 2015. "Caffeine intake...
Direct brain responsive neurostimulator reduces seizures, improves quality of life
Piotr Olejniczak, MD, PhD, LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Neurology and Director of the Epilepsy Center, contributed to a study of the long-term effectiveness of the first direct brain responsive neurostimulator for partial onset, or focal, seizures that cannot...
STROKE: Aspirin Resistance May Signal Increased Risk of More Severe Strokes
People who exhibit a resistance to aspirin may be more likely to have more severe strokes than people who still respond to the drug, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 67th Annual Meeting in Washington,...
Study: Medtronic deep brain stimulation therapy for treatment-resistant epilepsy shows significant and sustained seizure reduction at five year
Medtronic plc has announced five-year results from the pivotal SANTE (Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Epilepsy) trial, the largest clinical study of deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for epilepsy in adults with treatment-resistant...
Benefits and Complications of the Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy
The ketogenic diet, also known as the traditional ketogenic diet and modified Atkin's diet, is an important and validated dietary approach to controlling intractable epilepsy that focuses on a high-fat, protein, and low-carb diet. Yet despite its success in cases of...
Professor searches to discover link between seizures, autism
Dr. Joaquin Lugo, Jr., assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience, received news late January that he earned a prestigious grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the neurological mechanisms that might connect developmental seizures and autism....
New insight into how the brain performs ‘mental time travel’
In Proust's novel Recollection of Things Past, the distinctive smell of a lemon madeleine launches the narrator on a long, involved reminiscence of his past that fills seven chapters. It is an extreme example of what neuroscientists term "mental time travel" - the...
