They found that patients had longer-term seizure freedom when nerve pathways in the brain that link the frontal lobe to deep brain structures (the thalamus and striatum, which are responsible for relaying sensory and motor signals, motor control, emotion and reward) were disconnected - with 88% of patients seizure free after three years and 80% seizure free at five years, compared to typical outcomes for epilepsy-treating neurosurgery (30%) in the frontal lobe.
Ketogenic Diet
Examination of the potential influence of a ketogenic diet on serum concentrations of anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in children with drug-resistant epilepsy.
SUDEP
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Researchers of a new study have characterized 2 distinct patterns of epilepsy syndromes and their association with autoimmune diseases, publishing their findings in Epileptic Disorders.
SUDEP
This narrative review explores the current gaps in SUDEP counseling, patients' and caregivers' perspectives of SUDEP counseling, and SUDEP prevention.
New research shows women with epilepsy have worse perinatal outcomes compared with women without epilepsy, including a 5-fold increase in the odds of maternal death.
In the clinical trial named EPINOV, scientists of the Institute De Neuroscience Des Systems (INS) in France are looking at how far a computer model of the epileptic brain can improve the rate of epilepsy surgeries. They have reported on the approach and the clinical trial in their research paper published in the journal Science.
Now, the world’s first minimally invasive brain pacemaker utilizes a pioneering procedure that uses subcutaneous electrodes positioned outside the cranium to suppress epileptic seizures in patients with focal epilepsy that is resistant to drug therapy.
This study aimed to explore the association between epilepsy and cognitive impairment, and to determine factors associated with cognitive impairment in older people with epilepsy.