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Choice of Seizure Drug for Brain Tumor Patients May Affect Survival
August 31, 2011 — New research suggests brain tumor patients who take the seizure drug valproic acid on top of standard treatment may live longer than people who take other kinds of epilepsy medications to control ... > full story -
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Link Between Abnormal Sugar Accumulation and the Neuronal Degeneration Characteristic of Lafora Disease
August 29, 2011 — Short-term energy storage in animal cells is usually achieved through the accumulation of glucose, in the form of long and branched chains, known as glycogen. But when this accumulation happens in ... > full story -
Possible Trigger Point of Epileptic Seizures Identified
August 22, 2011 — Researchers have identified a brain-circuit defect that triggers absence seizures, the most common form of childhood ... > full story -
New Antidepressants Can Increase Risks for Elderly, Study Suggests
August 2, 2011 — Older people taking new generation antidepressants are at more risk of dying or suffering from a range of serious health conditions including stroke, falls, fractures and epilepsy, a new study ... > full story -
Researchers Use Improved Imaging Technique and Discover a Better Approach to Diagnosing Epilepsy
August 1, 2011 — Using state-of-the-art, 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, researchers may have uncovered a better approach to diagnosing ... > full story -
Fast Ripples Confirmed to Be Valuable Biomarker of Area Responsible for Seizure Activity in Children
July 29, 2011 — New research focusing on high-frequency oscillations, termed ripples and fast ripples, recorded by intracranial electroencephalography, may provide an important marker for the localization of the ... > full story -
Gene Discovery in Truffle Dogs Sheds New Light on Mechanisms of Childhood Epilepsy
July 27, 2011 — A new epilepsy gene, LGI2, has been found in the Lagotto Romagnolo dogs, known from their gift for truffle ... > full story -
Study Highlights Success of Brain Surgery for Severe Epilepsy
July 21, 2011 — Two-thirds of people with severe and otherwise untreatable epilepsy were completely cured of their frequent seizures after undergoing neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco ... > full story -
Drug Improves Brain Function in Condition That Leads to Alzheimer's
July 20, 2011 — An existing anti-seizure drug improves memory and brain function in adults with a form of cognitive impairment that often leads to full-blown Alzheimer's ... > full story -
Neural Signature of 'Mental Time Travel': Memories Formed in the Same Context Become Linked, Evidence Shows
July 18, 2011 — Almost everyone has experienced one memory triggering another, but explanations for that phenomenon have proved elusive. Now, researchers have provided the first neurobiological evidence that ... > full story
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