08/10/2021 /
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
08/07/2021 /
Seizure reduction (not freedom) is not good enough to help the patients with TLE enjoy a healthy life with satisfactory social achievements.
08/07/2021 /
Findings suggest that anterior temporal lobectomy patients show a more developed identity profile compared to surgically naïve controls; however, the majority still struggled with postoperative identity change at long-term follow-up
08/06/2021 /
For patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy, taking into account genetic data has improved clinical decision making and has led to the definition of new disease entities
08/05/2021 /
Breath instead of blood: researchers from the University of Basel have developed a new test method to measure treatment success in epilepsy patients
08/03/2021 /
The aim of this work is to describe a population of pediatric patients with PNES and identify factors predictive of 12-month outcomes.
08/02/2021 /
This study highlights the value of scalp EEG, particularly the significance of interictal epileptiform discharges [activity observed in between seizures], in predicting surgical outcome
08/02/2021 /
An evidence-based definition of SCN1A-Dravet syndrome is essential for early diagnosis. We refine the spectrum of Dravet syndrome, based on patterns of seizure onset, type, and progression.
08/01/2021 /
Long-term video-EEG monitoring is an essential diagnostic service.
