09/30/2020 /
A group from The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified and characterized a novel potassium-channel activator, GiGA1, capable of selectively opening a subset of potassium channels to produce an antiseizure effect in animal models.
09/29/2020 /
Community-based, public care programs are a requisite to close the epilepsy treatment gap in disadvantaged communities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Potential beneficiaries may, however, choose not to engage in these programs. View this study’s findings.
09/29/2020 /
This study aims to evaluate the perceived health of children with epilepsy as experienced by the respondents to a questionnaire, to assess the sense of control over their child’s epilepsy, and how much support they feel they received in various environments.
09/28/2020 /
People with generalized epilepsy who have seizures arising from both sides of the brain have a higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea than patients who have focal epilepsy where seizures emanate from one area of the brain, according to a new study.
09/28/2020 /
A new treatment curbs deadly seizures in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, according to a new study. A clinical trial is evaluating the drug’s safety in children with the syndrome.
09/25/2020 /
In this review, the authors discuss the current knowledge on sex differences in epilepsy and associated co-existing disorders, with emphasis on those aspects most informative for the development of new drug treatments.
09/25/2020 /
Health related quality of life (HRQoL) has become a pivotal outcome parameter after surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. The aim of the study was to investigate HRQoL and its relationship to seizure outcome, neurological deficits, and anxiety after epilepsy surgery in a specific subpopulation of elderly patients.
09/24/2020 /
The objective of the study was to describe the cognitive, behavioral, psychological, and social functioning of individuals with Dravet syndrome. Click here to read the full abstract.
09/24/2020 /
More frequent seizures during the menstrual cycle in women with genetic generalized epilepsy have been linked for the first time to drug-resistant epilepsy when anti-seizure medications don’t work, according to a study published in the journal Neurology. Read more.
