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An electronic micropump to deliver treatments deep within the brain
Many potentially efficient drugs have been created to treat neurological disorders, but they cannot be used in practice. Typically, for a condition such as epilepsy, it is essential to act at exactly the right time and place in the brain. For this reason, the team of...
Sleep Apnea and Heavy Snoring Linked to Cognitive Decline
Heavy snoring and sleep apnea may be linked to memory and thinking decline at an earlier age, according to a new study published in the April 15, 2015, online issue ofNeurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The research also suggests that...
Acting Out Dreams Is Often Early Sign of Parkinson’s Disease
A rare sleep disorder that makes people act out their dreams may be an early warning of a deadly neurological illness, a new review of previous research suggests. About half of people who have a condition known as rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder will...
Could story-based video games help people with autism?
Previous research has suggested that when games satisfy the social needs of the player, motivation to continue playing is boosted and the players report a more immersive experience and enhanced well-being. "The motivation to engage in and enjoy video games corresponds...
Topiramate/Topamax May Trigger, Exacerbate Eating Disorders
Topiramate (Topamax) prescribed for epilepsy and migraine prevention may trigger or worsen eating disorder symptoms in susceptible adolescents, new research shows. Used in children to treat epilepsy as well as episodic and chronic migraine, in 2014 topiramate was also...
What can brain-controlled prosthetics tell us about the brain?
The ceremonial opening kick of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Sao Paolo, Brazil, which was performed--with the help of a brain-controlled exo-skeleton--by a local teen who had been paralyzed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury, was a seminal moment for the...
Research under way to test marijuana extract for epilepsy
Even as some states are allowing use of certain marijuana extracts to treat severe epilepsy, the rigorous research needed to prove if one of these compounds really works is just getting under way. Monday, researchers said new findings from a small safety study suggest...
Researching The Flu Shot and Neurological Conditions
Children who have neurological disorders such as cerebral palsy or epilepsy are no more likely to be vaccinated against influenza than youngsters without these conditions, despite the increased risk for complications from flu these children experience. Moreover,...
BLOG: Cyanotic Seizures, What are they?
Today, one of our closest family member/supporter's infant girl had what appears to be a 'Cyanotic' seizure...What is that? Her older brother has a seizure disorder, but until today, the young girl had never had any seizures, and thankfully, doctors seem to think this...
Arts and craft activities, computer use may stave off memory problems
People who participate in arts and craft activities and who socialize in middle and old age may delay the development in very old age of the thinking and memory problems that often lead to dementia, according to a new study published in the April 8, 2015, online issue...
One Third of Teenagers Reports One Mental Disorder, One Chronic Disease
Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease. These co-occurrences come in specific associations: More often than average, depression occurs together with diseases of the digestive system, eating disorders with seizures and...
Sudden death in epilepsy: Researchers finger possible cause
Researchers say that a shutdown in the brain stem may explain sudden death in epilepsy, whose effects on brain waves shown in the picture. Sudden death, a mysterious and devastating outcome of epilepsy, could result from a brain stem shutdown following a seizure,...
Study finds new genetic clues to pediatric seizure disorders
Researchers have identified a new genetic mutation at the heart of a severe and potentially deadly seizure disorder found in infants and young children. The finding, which was reported in the journal American Journal of Human Genetics, may help scientists unravel the...
A Computer Test to Speed Up Neurology Exams
A new computerized exam has been developed that can drastically speed up the amount of time that it takes for a neurologist to identify areas of concern in patients and deliver more accurate diagnoses, and care. The cognition tests can take about 20 minutes up to one...
FDA grants orphan drug status to ganaxolone for pediatric female epilepsy
The FDA recently granted orphan drug designation to ganaxolone for the treatment of protocadherin 19 gene female pediatric epilepsy, according to a press release from the drug’s manufacturer. PCDH19 female pediatric epilepsy is a rare epileptic syndrome affecting...
Antidepressants at Normal Doses Linked to First-Time Seizures
Antidepressants, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), have been linked to an increased risk for first- time seizures in patients being treated for depression, new research shows. Results of...
AUTISM AND EPILEPSY: UV researchers study neurobiological link between ASD and epilepsy
Researchers at the University of Veracruz (UV), in the west coast of Mexico, study the neurobiological link between the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and epilepsy, in order to understand the reason why the brain of an autistic child is 20-30 percent more susceptible...
Study finds new genetic clues to pediatric seizure disorders
Researchers have identified a new genetic mutation at the heart of a severe and potentially deadly seizure disorder found in infants and young children. The finding, which was reported today in the journal American Journal of Human Genetics, may help scientists...
Study: Neurologists’ Focus on Face-to-Face Time with Patients Undervalued by Medicare
MINNEAPOLIS – Most neurologists provide face-to-face care of neurology patients, many of whom have complex diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy and Parksinson’s disease – conditions that require extensive evaluation and management. However, a new study...
Study suggests possible role for caffeine in Alzheimer’s Treatment Plans
The proposed link between caffeine and reductions in the beta amyloid plaque accumulation characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggest a possible role for caffeine in AD treatment. The latest evidence linking beta amyloid protein to Alzheimer's disease and...
