The Post-Traumatic Epilepsy Initiative is a team science, multi-disciplinary program that will expand the knowledge around the types of injuries that predispose the brain to epilepsy, as well as a develop new models to study epilepsy that results from injury.
SUDEP
Congenica announced a key partnership with the UK’s Epilepsy Society to study the genomics of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).
Pediatric Epilepsy
Children with staring spells who were referred to a new-onset seizure (NOS) clinic were found to have epileptic seizures about half the time, according to findings presented at the Child Neurology Society annual meeting.
Researchers propose a straightforward protocol for heart rate variability evaluation, involving 5?minute measurements of root mean square of successive differences in wakefulness and light sleep.
50% of the royalties from A Mind Unraveled, Kurt Eichenwald's new memoir, will benefit CURE.
Genetics, Pediatric Epilepsy
A research team has discovered a new genetic cause for epileptic encephalopathy, a severe, difficult-to-treat childhood epilepsy syndrome.
According to researchers, these finding indicate that GPR40 modulates epileptic seizures, providing a novel antiepileptic target.
Studies show some types of seizure begin with a spike in inhibition. Neurons that dampen neuronal activity may be responsible for starting the large-scale over-activation of a seizure.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Acetaminophen can reduce the risk for febrile seizure (FS) recurrence during the same fever episode among infants and children.
