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Rare Cell Prevents Rampant Brain Activity
March 2, 2007 — One of the mysteries of the brain is how it avoids ending up in a state of chaos, something which happens only on exceptional occasions, when it can lead to epileptic fits. Scientists have now ... > full story -
No More Seizures? New Drug Holds Promise For Epilepsy Patients
February 6, 2007 — People with newly diagnosed epilepsy experienced few, if any, seizures while taking the drug levetiracetam as a single therapy, giving hope to epilepsy patients who don't respond to or can't tolerate ... > full story -
Complex Channels: Scientists Discover How Ion Channels Are Organized To Control Nerve Cell Communication
January 24, 2007 — The messages passed in a neuronal network can target something like 100 billion nerve cells in the brain alone. These, in turn, communicate with millions of other cells and organs in the body. A team ... > full story -
Can Epilepsy Patients Predict Their Seizures?
January 22, 2007 — Some patients with epilepsy can reliably predict when they are likely to have a seizure, a finding that may lead to better seizure prevention, according to a study published in the Jan. 23, 2007, ... > full story -
Dogs May Be Responding To Psychological Seizures, Not Epilepsy Seizures
January 22, 2007 — Reports of dogs that can predict their owners' epilepsy seizures have been anecdotal and not objectively confirmed by doctors and researchers. Some people obtain service dogs trained specifically for ... > full story -
New Neurons Could Act To Alleviate Epilepsy
December 21, 2006 — The new neurons generated as a result of neural damage due to epilepsy show a reduced excitability that could alleviate the disorder, researchers have found. The researchers said their results ... > full story -
Gene Therapy Inhibits Epilepsy In Animals
November 9, 2006 — For the first time, researchers have inhibited the development of epilepsy after a brain insult in animals. By using gene therapy to modify signaling pathways in the brain, neurology researchers ... > full story -
Many Teens Lose Migraines As They Reach Adulthood
October 24, 2006 — There's good news for kids and teens with migraines. Nearly 40 percent of kids and teens with migraine no longer had headaches 10 years later, and another 20 percent developed less severe headaches, ... > full story -
How Brain Injury Leads To Seizures, Memory Problems
October 18, 2006 — Every 23 seconds, an American suffers a traumatic brain injury. In a finding that may provide a scientific basis for eventual treatment, neurology researchers have shown that traumatic brain injury ... > full story -
Commonplace Sugar Compound Silences Seizures
October 15, 2006 — Though in clinical use for decades, a small, sweet-tasting compound is revealing a startling new face as a potential cure for epilepsy. 2-deoxy-glucose, or 2DG, has long been used in radio labeling, ... > full story
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