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CDC: Infants with Zika can develop microcephaly later
Infants with congenital Zika virus infection who do not have microcephaly at birth can develop it months later, according to a new study. “These findings demonstrate the importance of early neuroimaging for infants exposed to Zika virus prenatally and the need for...
Connection found between memory mechanisms, resistance to epilepsy
A new study undertaken jointly by researchers from the Sagol Department of Neurobiology at the University of Haifa and European researchers, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, exposes a new biological mechanism that, on the one hand, damages a very specific...
Sodium channel gene takes diverging paths in autism, epilepsy
Mutations in a gene called SCN2A have opposite effects in autism and in epilepsy. The divergence makes the gene an attractive candidate for research, suggest unpublished results presented today at the 2016 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego. SCN2A...
Maternal linked to childhood epilepsy
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease whereby the body's own immune system attacks the joints. New research suggests there may be a link between mothers with the autoimmune disorder and their children who develop epilepsy. Rheumatoid arthritis in the mother...
Epilepsy – why do seizures sometimes continue after surgery?
New research from the University of Liverpool, published in the journal Brain, has highlighted the potential reasons why many patients with severe epilepsy still continue to experience seizures even after surgery. Epilepsy continues to be a serious health problem and...
Huperzine A provides seizure protection in genetic epilepsy models
Plant compound raises seizure threshold in Dravet, GEFS+ models The compound huperzine A can increase resistance to induced seizures in mouse models of genetic epilepsy, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found. In particular, huperzine A shows...
Research Informs Treatment for Some Genetic Epilepsy Patients
The study of human genetics has often focused on mutations that cause disease. When it comes to genetic variations in healthy people, scientists knew they were out there, but didn't have a full picture of their extent. That is changing with the emergence of resources...
Alcoholism, Smoking, Changing lifestyle and Rising Geriatric Population Help Drive the Antiepileptic Drug Market
Antiepileptic drugs are therapies approved to treat patients with epilepsy, a brain disorder in which clusters of nerve cells signal abnormally, which can lead to seizures. These seizures are incidents that occur when group of nerve cells or neurons in brain sends...
Scientists develop new model to provide predictions linking brain circuits to brain activity
For as long as scientists have been listening in on the activity of the brain, they have been trying to understand the source of its noisy, apparently random, activity. In the past 20 years, "balanced network theory" has emerged to explain this apparent randomness...
Nerve Cell Changes Crucial to Making Memories May Aid in Understanding Epilepsy
The acquisition of memories by the brain requires that neurons undergo certain physical changes. In showing exactly how these changes take place, researchers may be closer to understanding how certain diseases of the brain, such as epilepsy, develop. The study,...
Understanding Stroke Risk in Pregnancy
A New York State study found that younger, not older women suffered an increase risk of stroke, both during pregnancy and in postpartum. Younger women — not older women — had an increased risk of stroke during pregnancy and the postpartum period compared to...
University of Calgary neuro chip offers hope for treating neurological disease
Could lead to personalized medication for people with epilepsy and Parkinson's Scientists at the University of Calgary have developed a neuro chip that could one day be used in the treatment of Parkinson's, epilepsy and other neurological diseases. The "bionic hybrid...
Autism Pediatrics / Children’s Health Early intervention for parents of children with autism reduces symptoms
For children with autism, interventions typically focus on the child. But results of a new, long-term study indicate that an early intervention centering on helping parents communicate with their child reduces the severity of autism symptoms. Furthermore, these...
7 Things You Should Know About Epilepsy
Seizures don't always look like what you'd imagine. If all you know about seizures and epilepsy comes from movies, chances are you picture a person shaking violently and foaming at the mouth after seeing too many flashing lights. While that’s one of the faces of...
Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Today, approximately 3 million people in the United States are living with epilepsy, a condition that is characterized by two unprovoked seizures or one unprovoked seizure with the likelihood of more. While most successfully control their seizures with drug therapy,...
Folinic acid could help children with autism communicate better
Preliminary study also identifies specific biomarkers that can predict treatment response in children with autism and verbal communication problems. Prescription doses of folinic acid, which is a reduced form of a B vitamin known as folate, could help improve the...
TSC Infants at Risk of Seizures to Be Treated with Sabril as Preventive Measure in Study
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is leading a multi-site clinical trial, the first investigating the impact of the antiepileptic drug Sabril (vigabatrin) in preventing or delaying the onset of epilepsy seizures in infants with the genetic disorder...
FDA Approves Carnexiv Injection as Replacement Therapy for Seizure Control O
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the anti-epileptic drug Carnexiv (carbamazepine) injection for adults with certain seizure types, announced Lundbeck, the drug’s global pharmaceutical company. The new indication of carbamazepine is as a...
Patients with Drug-resistant Epilepsy Need Better Research and Treatment, Study Says
More information is needed on several aspects regarding a form of epilepsy resistant to treatments (drug-resistant epilepsy, or DRE) to provide better care and management of epileptic patients, according to a new study published in the journal Neuropsychiatric Disease...
MS drug may reverse some physical disability
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY Via Eureka Alert MINNEAPOLIS - A drug used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), alemtuzumab, was found to reverse some of the physical disability caused by the disease, according to new research published in the October 12, 2016, online...
