Researchers examined the signaling processes in the cortex of the temporal lobe before and after the seizures.
The PRIME model is the first model of its kind based on patient-driven insights for the design and implementation of initiatives which could improve healthcare services for patients with refractory epilepsy.
Pediatric Epilepsy
A multivariable prediction model composed of clinical characteristic variables, including sex, medical history, age of first seizure, and event description, in combination with electroencephalogram readings, may be helpful to predict the risk for epilepsy in children, according to study results.
Ketogenic Diet
Increasing blood ketones by using ketogenic supplementation can reduce seizures without dietary restriction.
Pediatric Epilepsy
For children aged 3 months to 18 years, doses between 40 and 50?mg/kg/day allow vigabatrin-S expositions similar to those found in adults at the recommended posology.
A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at UC Berkeley can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at the same time, potentially delivering fine-tuned treatments to patients with diseases like epilepsy and Parkinson’s.
For children who have had 1 or more seizures, the model may help to determine the risk a child has of receiving a diagnosis of epilepsy, according to this report.
Pediatric Epilepsy
A study characterizes non-convulsive seizures in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome and identifies the brain area that could be targeted to stop them.
