02/13/2020 /
Seizures may be linked to a higher risk of death or disability in adults who have had a severe ischemic stroke, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020.
02/13/2020 /
The contralateral hippocampal internal microstructure may have be implicated in post-surgery seizure freedom in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis.
02/12/2020 /
The FDA accepted Aquestive Therapeutics’ New Drug Application (NDA) for Libervant (diazepam) Buccal Film for seizure clusters.
02/12/2020 /
Researchers have reported a highly sensitive and specific nanosensor that can monitor dynamic changes of potassium ions in mice undergoing epileptic seizures, indicating their intensity and origin in the brain.
02/11/2020 /
These articles review the NINDS Epilepsy Benchmarks, examining progress made in epilepsy research and identifying priorities for the next phases of research.
02/06/2020 /
Doing routine monitoring of drug levels of the newer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) may not lead to better seizure control or treatment tolerance for patients with epilepsy, according to a randomized trial from Switzerland.
02/05/2020 /
Using human nerve cells and three-dimensional “mini brains,” researchers have found that dysfunctional potassium channels may underlay the development of seizures associated with Angelman syndrome.
02/04/2020 /
This study is the first to demonstrate that a particular feature of epilepsy—namely the desynchronization of interneuronal populations in the hippocampus—causes deficits in spatial information coding.
