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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.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Levetiracetam seems to be superior to carbamazepine and valproate sodium in its ability to suppress rolandic discharges in children with rolandic epilepsy.
Mice with epilepsy have altered patterns of neuron activity in the portion of the brain that controls the reproductive endocrine system.
Ketogenic Diet
The ketogenic diet could be combined with the drug Perampanel, which is used to help reduce epileptic seizures by acting on the same receptors.
SUDEP
Acid movement up the esophagus is a trigger for sudden death in kainic acid-induced seizures. Blocking acid also eliminates sudden death implies causation in animal models.
