Individuals with familial cerebral cavernous malformation had a high incidence rate of seizures, according to study findings published in Neurology.
Eslicarbazepine acetate, an antiepileptic drug that blocks voltage-gated sodium channels, has been suggested to reduce seizure frequency in these patients.
Medicine used to treat multiple sclerosis also helps in a rare form of genetic epilepsy, the drug precisely targets the underlying genetic defect.
Biochemical markers of brain pathology could potentially contribute to diagnosis and prediction in epilepsy.
RNS therapy for medically refractory epilepsy very likely falls within the range of cost-effectiveness, depending on method of utility estimation, variability in model inputs, and willingness-to-pay threshold.
Ketogenic Diet
The ketogenic diet should be offered early to infants with genetic epilepsy before deterioration of epileptic symptoms and of psychomotor development.
Pediatric Epilepsy
In selected children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), epilepsy surgery is the most effective treatment option, but unfortunately remains highly underutilized.
An interdisciplinary team studying neurogenetics, neural networks, and neurophysiology has revealed how dysfunctions in even a small percentage of cells can cause disorder across the entire brain.
An investigation of the efficacy of short-term treatment with ciprofloxacin in alteration of gut microbiota pattern and reduction of seizure frequency in adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.
