epilepsy treatment

Eating Cream Helps Schoolgirl With Epilepsy

Margaret Wilde — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:32:50 -0500

Lucy Murphy, 9, eats a very fatty diet to reduce her epileptic seizures.

Nerve-stimulation device proves effective against epilepsy

harminka — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:56:44 -0500

Epilepsy is a common medical condition characterized by convulsions and short periods of confusion. It affects more than 50 million people worldwide. But intractable epilepsy, which affects more than 1 million Americans and is often resistant to drug treatment and surgery, is arguably worse.

Interventions that may alter the course of epilepsy diagnosis and management

harminka — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:41:13 -0600

Early diagnosis and treatment that quickly achieves seizure freedom with nominal side effects is the key goal to epilepsy management. Three studies highlighted at the AES annual meeting address this goal from different vantage points:

POssible Link between different forms of epilepsy found

harminka — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:04:50 -0500

Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have identified what may be the first known common denominator underlying inherited and sporadic epilepsy - a disruption in an ion channel called the BK channel.

Brain study may lead to improved epilepsy treatments

harminka — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:31:04 -0500

Using a rodent model of epilepsy, researchers found one of the body’s own neurotransmitters released during seizures, glutamate, turns on a signaling pathway in the brain that increases production of a protein that could reduce medication entry into the brain.

Epilepsy and brain pathology linked together by protein ADK

harminka — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:41:06 -0600

The brain of individuals who suffer from epilepsy is characterized by astrogliosis, a brain pathology evidenced by a complex series of changes in the morphology and function of brain cells known as astrocytes.

How an Atkins-like diet can treat epilepsy

harminka — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:14:03 -0600

Not all individuals who have epilepsy respond to traditional treatments and these individuals are said to have medically refractory epilepsy.

Early treatment stops epilepsy in its tracks

harminka — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:26:44 -0600

Yale School of Medicine researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to suppress the development of epilepsy in genetically predisposed animals—which could open the door to treating epilepsy as a preventable disease.

Epilepsy genes may cancel each other

harminka — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:55:49 -0600

Inheriting two genetic mutations that can individually cause epilepsy might actually be “seizure-protective,” said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears online today in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

Brain Waves That Distinguish False Memories From Real Ones

harminka — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:12:12 -0500

For the first time, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are able to pinpoint brain waves that distinguish true from false memories, providing a better understanding of how memory works and creating a new strategy to help epilepsy patients retain cognitive function.

Studied Brain Implant Could Predict, Stop Epilepsy Seizures

harminka — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:51:47 -0500

An implanted stimulator being studied at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital may be able to predict and prevent seizures before they start in people with uncontrolled epilepsy.

First new model of brain function since 1940s

harminka — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:13:35 -0500

An article published July 16, 2007, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides strong evidence for a novel type of communication between nerve cells in the brain. The findings may have relevance for the prevention and treatment of epilepsy, and possibly in the exploration of other aspects of brain functions, from creative thought processes to mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.