As a non-profit organization devoted to the health and well-being of people with epilepsy, CURE Epilepsy believes that access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare is critically important for people of childbearing age who have epilepsy.
Seizures are a common reason for calling emergency medical services. A lack of guidelines on prehospital treatment in Germany leads to high transportation rates and reduced confidence in decision making by professionals.
The study, “Seizures in PPT1 Knock-In Mice Are Associated with Inflammatory Activation of Microglia,” was published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Featuring the work of CURE Epilepsy grantee Dr. Pavel Klein. Long-term use of Xcopri was safe and reduced seizures by more than 90% in adults with uncontrolled focal seizures, according to results of an open-label extension study published in Neurology.
Results question the favorable seizure outcome in patients with CASPR2 and LGI1 antibody encephalitis and suggest that the proportion of patients who have persistent seizures may be greater. Our findings underline the importance of prolonged video-EEG telemetry in this population.
The process leaves behind a fully intact brain that can be illuminated with lasers and imaged in 3D with specialized microscopes.
GABAA receptor subunit variants have recently been associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or epilepsy. The phenotype linked with each gene is becoming better known.
Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is the most common type of epilepsy among children. Both fMRI and EEG source imaging (ESI) studies have indicated that BECTS is associated with static resting-state functional network (SFN) alterations (e.g., decreased global efficiency) in source space.
The cost of a one-year's pill supply of brand-name epilepsy drugs skyrocketed by 277% from 2010 to 2018 -- from roughly $2,800 a year between 2008 and 2010 to about $10,700 a year by 2018. By contrast, the cost of a one-year's pill supply of generic drugs for epilepsy decreased by 42% over the same period, says the study published in Wednesday's online edition of Neurology, the journal of the American Neurology Association.
