04/20/2023 / UC News
If we can avoid patients not progressing to the need for IV anesthesia, intubation and an ICU stay that can sometimes be prolonged, that’s going to be lifesaving.
04/20/2023 /
The latest research on cannabidiol and seizures, the possible cause of infantile and epileptic spasms syndrome, the brain’s immune system, and more in this issue of Epilepsy Research News.
04/18/2023 / PubMed
Wearable automated detection devices of focal epileptic seizures are needed to alert patients and caregivers and to optimize the medical treatment. Heart rate variability (HRV)-based seizure detection devices have presented good detection sensitivity. However, false alarm rates (FAR) are too high.
04/17/2023 / Deviscourse
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.
04/17/2023 / Wiley Online Library
Examination of the potential influence of a ketogenic diet on serum concentrations of anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in children with drug-resistant epilepsy.
04/13/2023 / AJMC
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.
04/12/2023 / PubMed
This narrative review explores the current gaps in SUDEP counseling, patients’ and caregivers’ perspectives of SUDEP counseling, and SUDEP prevention.
04/11/2023 / NeurologyLive
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.
04/11/2023 / NewsClick
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.
