The University of Alabama at Birmingham created an epilepsy neuromodulation clinic to bring new therapies to patients.
Scientists have long found a possible link between anticholinergic drugs and an increased risk of dementia.
Genetics
The Bay Area biotech will also use the funds to push its preclinical programs and come up with new treatments for severe genetic disorders.
Results of the FREEDOM Study (Study 342) presented at the 33rd International Epilepsy Congress (IEC)- In a single-arm study, 63% of patients treated with FYCOMPA 4mg/day achieved seizure freedom at 26 weeks.
Hillary Mullan recounts how a simple analogy helped her understand her epilepsy.
Genetics, Pediatric Epilepsy
These findings suggest that CDKL5 mutations likely play a direct role in psychomotor development, whereas epilepsy is one of the clinical features associated with this complex disorder.
There is a higher likelihood of the development of post-stroke epilepsy (PSE) in patients who had longer duration of early-onset post-stroke status epilepticus (PSSE), according to a study published in Seizure.
SUDEP
Researchers explore if a genetic mutation that causes Dravet syndrome also disrupts the cells in the brain stem that control breathing.
Three quarters of people living with epilepsy in low-income countries do not get the treatment they need, increasing their risk of dying prematurely and condemning many to a life of stigma.
