06/29/2023 / Korea Biomedical Review
A team of researchers from the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) said they identified a new pathogenesis and treatment strategy for autistic patients with epilepsy lacking the Ank2 gene.
06/27/2023 / Wiley Online Library
Researchers’ findings can flag patients for earlier consideration of potentially curative surgery in children with FCD-related epilepsy at high risk of PRE.
06/26/2023 / NewsWise
In people with epilepsy, seizure-alert dogs can smell small changes in body chemistry and warn of an impending seizure an hour or more before it occurs. Inspired by this feat of nature, a team of researchers has sniffed out a way to replicate the ability with technology.
06/23/2023 / News Medical Life Sciences
Science China Life Sciences results suggest that NPRL3-asscociated epilepsy is a development-related disease.
06/22/2023 / Wiley Online Library
Differential diagnosis between epileptic seizures and psychogenic nonepileptic events (PNEEs) is a worldwide problem for neurologists. The present study aims to identify important characteristics from body fluid tests and develop diagnostic models based on them.
06/15/2023 / PhysOrg
Bioengineering researchers from the University of Glasgow have investigated new dissolvable coatings which could help safely guide flexible implants into brains to help regulate temporal lobe epilepsy.
06/14/2023 / Wiley Online Library
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a less invasive surgical alternative to open craniotomy for corpus callosotomy, associated with similar seizure outcomes, lower blood loss, shorter hospital stays, and lower complication rates, but with longer operative times, when compared with the open craniotomy approach.
06/14/2023 / Wiley Online Library
Isolated cortical spikes can induce epileptic seizures consisting exclusively of blinks.
06/13/2023 / PubMed
The objective of this study was to determine areas of consensus among an international panel of experts for the management of EEM (formerly known as Jeavons syndrome).