Children can keep full visual perception — the ability to process and understand visual information — after brain surgery for severe epilepsy, according to a study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Genetics
Two Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate students are advancing the science behind genetic mutations that cause rare forms of epilepsy and movement disorders.
Treatment with the drug did not result in a statistically significant reduction in seizure frequency versus placebo.
SUDEP
Researchers state these findings confirm that patients with comorbid epileptic seizures and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures can die from SUDEP.
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This study was conducted to develop and psychometrically evaluate the Perceived Social Stigma Questionnaire (PSSQ-for adults with epilepsy).
Over the next five years, funded by the grant, Swanger will examine subtypes within one glutamate receptor family: N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR).
