This month, we share news of two recent studies using mice to find ways to reduce seizures.
Psychiatric symptomatology, depression, and cognition were stronger determinants of quality of life than seizure frequency in this study population of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
Epilepsy has not stopped during this pandemic, and with your help we will continue to drive science forward. See what's new in this month's update.
Pediatric Epilepsy
In the reported literature, corpus callosotomy appeared to be more effective than vagus nerve stimulation for seizure reduction.
This paper examined the issues and challenges of diagnosing autism in a population with a high-risk of epilepsy.
This clinical practice guideline recommends using clinically validated devices for automated detection of generalized tonic-clonic seizures and focal-to-bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, especially in unsupervised patients, where alarms can result in rapid intervention.
A USC research team developed a new seizure-predicting mathematical model that will give epilepsy patients an accurate warning five minutes to one hour before they are likely to experience a seizure.
Individuals with epilepsy have an increased prevalence of comorbidities that increase with age.
