Bathing epilepsy is a rare form of reflex epilepsy triggered by bathing in room temperature water.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Disclosure practices have improved in parents of children with epilepsy in India and well-being and safety of the child has overridden the fear of stigma and discrimination. This could be the first major step to bring epilepsy out of the shadows at national and global levels.
Our study provides substantial evidence that a shortened VGB course of 6 months could be sufficient to treat and prevent relapse of spasms in children with IS, particularly those with NIE.
We have shown that BrainAGE is greater in patients with refractory TLE by at least seven years compared to healthy controls and that this difference is reduced after epilepsy surgery.
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In this month's update, you'll find information on funding opportunities and the ILAE COVID-19 and Epilepsy Award.
Pediatric Epilepsy
The trauma perspective in severe childhood epilepsy might further clarify the complex associations of biological and contextual variables that affect the children's life quality and enable better preventative treatment options for this group.
CBD
Release of the brain’s equivalent of THC, marijuana’s active component, reduces seizure activity but leads to post-seizure oxygen deprivation in the brain, Stanford scientists and their collaborators have shown