07/16/2024 / The Transmitter
A recent study finds that a small posterior part of the hippocampus may play a role in causing seizures, specifically in individuals who do not respond to anti-seizure medications or tissue ablation in the hippocampus.
07/16/2024 / Stanford Medicine
A class of blood pressure medications, called angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), appear to help lower seniors’ risk of developing epilepsy, a new study finds.
05/21/2024 / Penn Medicine News
The findings suggest a promising target for developing treatments for epilepsy and preventing the downstream effects of seizures.
05/21/2024 / International League Against Epilepsy
Although 80% of people with epilepsy live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), most epilepsy research originates in high-income regions.
05/21/2024 / Stoke Therapeutics
The improvements in skills like communication, behavior, socialization, and movement distinguish this approach from anything seen to date and mark the entry into a new era in the treatment of Dravet syndrome.
05/21/2024 / U.S. News
The link between epilepsy and the breathing disorders of sleep apnea was strong. “People whose oxygen saturation fell below 80% during sleep, a condition known as nocturnal hypoxia, were three times more likely to develop late-onset epilepsy compared to those who did not have similarly low oxygen levels”.
04/15/2024 / Praxis Precision Medicines
“With such a clear response, we have advanced our planning of the focal epilepsy efficacy study for PRAX-628, expected to begin in the second half of 2024. We extend our thanks to the patients who participated in this PPR study,”
04/15/2024 / eLife
This study reveals that the presence of KCNQ2 G256W variants affects both molecular and cellular aspects of KCNQ channel activity, including their ion-carrying capacity, expression, and placement within cells.
04/15/2024 / The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Featuring work from CURE Epilepsy Grantee Dr. Maxime O. Baud. Researchers have developed a new method for triggering and imaging seizures in epilepsy patients, offering physicians the ability to collect real-time data to tailor epilepsy surgery.
