11/01/2021 /
The study also confirmed the researchers’ previous findings that catamenial epilepsy – when seizure frequency increases during a woman’s menstrual cycle – was strongly associated with treatment-resistance generalized epilepsy.
11/01/2021 /
These grants are awarded for novel research projects that address finding cures for epilepsy and address the goal of “no seizures, no side-effects.”
10/27/2021 /
Research finds that softly played sounds reduced both the spike frequency and the intensity of the following spikes in the children suffering from Rolandic epilepsy.
10/26/2021 /
This study aims to investigate the effect of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) modulation on synaptic plasticity in the human cortex of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
10/25/2021 /
In young children with epilepsy, genetic testing should be prioritized as it has the highest yield of any investigation and is most likely to inform precision therapy and prognosis. Epilepsies in early childhood are 30% more common than previously reported.
10/22/2021 /
The number, unpredictability, and severity of seizures experienced by patients with Dravet syndrome (DS) negatively impact quality of life (QOL) for patients, caregivers, and families. Metrics are needed to assess whether patients with residual seizures have moved meaningfully toward seizure freedom after treatment with new antiseizure medications.
10/21/2021 /
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have uncovered how problems in cortical microcircuits in the brain can trigger epileptic seizures.
10/20/2021 /
Unemployment is a severe social problem among people with epilepsy in Hong Kong. Various objective clinical and demographic factors correlated with unemployment. Work beliefs of a patient may also correlate with the employment status.
