New epilepsy research on epilepsy, seizures, post-traumatic epilepsy, and antiseizure medications in this issue of Epilepsy Research News.
Mechanisms
“To our knowledge, this is the first study to implicate the cerebellum in a pathway that alters the activity of a specific group of neurons in an area called the ventral posteromedial nucleus (VPM) in the thalamus to cause generalized seizures."
Treatment, Treatment Resistant/Refractory
We present a quantitative measure of seizure severity that includes EEG and clinical features, validated on gold standard in-patient recordings.
Acquired Epilepsies
Patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) experienced seizures significantly earlier than patients with epileptic seizures (ES), suggesting that seizure latency may help physicians differentiate between the seizure types.
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Adult-onset
Longer duration of epilepsy was associated with the lower practice of physical activity, but physical activity was associated with better performance in aspects of cognition.
Treatment
Seizure frequency dropped by 80% three months after last STK-001 dose in five patients
Mechanisms, Treatment
A recent study conducted by scientists discovered a usual brain circuit that might connect diverse lesion locations leading to epilepsy
Post-Traumatic Epilepsy
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant risk factor for post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE)
