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New Genes Identified In Childhood Fever-Related Seizures
April 23, 2007 — Researchers have localized two new genes that are associated with fever-related seizures that occur in infancy and childhood, according to a recent ... > full story -
Epilepsy Drug With New Method Of Action Is Safe, Effective, Study Shows
April 9, 2007 — A drug for epilepsy with a new mechanism of action is safe and effective, according to a study published in ... > full story -
New Drug Shows Promise For Treating Epileptic Seizures
April 5, 2007 — A new study shows that a new drug called Eslicarbazepine (ESL) shows promise as a treatment for epilepsy patients whose symptoms remain uncontrolled with existing medications. A once-daily dose was ... > full story -
Pulsing Light Silences Overactive Neurons
March 27, 2007 — Scientists have invented a way to reversibly silence brain cells using pulses of yellow light, offering the prospect of controlling the haywire neuron activity that occurs in diseases such as ... > full story -
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Anti-Epileptic Drugs May Help Prevent And Treat Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
March 14, 2007 — On the battlefield, a soldier's hearing can be permanently damaged in an instant by the boom of an explosion, and thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq have some permanent hearing loss. But what ... > full story -
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Neurological Disorders Affect Millions Globally: WHO Report
March 7, 2007 — A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that neurological disorders, ranging from epilepsy to Alzheimer disease, from stroke to headache, affect up to one billion people ... > full story -
Light-Activated Compound Silences Nerves, May One Day Help Epileptics
March 7, 2007 — Brain activity has been compared to a light bulb turning on in the head. Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have reversed this notion, creating a drug that stops ... > full story -
Does Tooth-Brushing Cause Epilepsy Seizures?
March 5, 2007 — Tooth-brushing may trigger seizures in certain people with epilepsy, and researchers say lesions in a specific part of the brain may be a cause in some people, according to an article published in ... > full story -
Scientists Explain Inception Of Perception In The Brain
March 5, 2007 — All of human sensation -- sight, sound, taste -- begins in the brain when information moves from the thalamus to the neocortex. In Nature Neuroscience, Brown University researchers explain how ... > full story -
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Sunny Days Pose Risk Of 'Flicker Illness' For A Few Airlifted Patients
March 5, 2007 — A case report published in the current issue of the journal Prehospital Emergency Care suggests that light streaming through whirling helicopter rotor blades during medical air transport can cause ... > full story
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