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Essex girl, 18, dies from seizure and cardiac arrest while on phone to boyfriend -
A healthy 18-year-old with epilepsy had a random seizure while chatting on the phone in her bedroom - causing a fatal cardiac arrest. Ellen May Hardwick, 18, was diagnosed with epilepsy aged five but ...
What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid -
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...
Why treating epilepsy isn't just about stopping seizures -
Epilepsy was viewed for a long time as a disorder of sudden electrical disruption, but we now know the story is more complex ...
Pediatrics in Brevard: Here's what to know about epilepsy, what to do if someone has seizure -
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth ...
Understanding epilepsy: Seven ways to respond to an epileptic seizure -
At the forefront of epilepsy research and treatment is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, a collaborative initiative between the UAB Department of Neurology and UAB Hospital, ...
Why Early Detection of Seizures and Epilepsy Is so Important -
For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make the ...
First seizure clinic provides visit, pediatric epilepsy diagnosis in less than a week -
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model expedites access to specialists after a first seizure. The mean time between the referral and the ...
In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures -
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study suggests that ...
Seizure Burden in Resistant Epilepsy May Ease With the Tincture of Time -
Nearly 70% of patients with focal treatment-resistant epilepsy (FTRE) experience fewer seizures over time, new results of a multicenter study showed. However, the improvements occurred independent of ...
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Laminar organization of cellular microcircuits modulating human interictal epileptiform discharges -
Interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) are pathological bursts of brain activity between seizures in people with epilepsy. Despite their importance in diagnosis, cognitive comorbidities and therapeutic implications as biomarkers for neurostimulation, it is unknown how IEDs arise from structured large-scale neuronal firing across human cortical lamina. We used high-density Neuropixels probes ...
Applications of Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors in Neurological Disorders, Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential -
Eleven carbonic anhydrase isoforms are known to be present in different parts of the central nervous system and are involved in signal transduction, cerebral fluid homeostasis, bicarbonate generation, respiratory response to carbon dioxide, seizure activity, and fluid and ion compartmentation. Therefore, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors profoundly influence several neurological therapeutic approac...
Heterogeneity of ictal firing during generalized seizures in the awake cortex -
Cortico-thalamo-cortical oscillations are central to both normal and pathological brain activities and emerge from complex cortical and thalamic interactions. However, the specific activity of identified cortical neurons during the paroxysmal oscillations associated with absence seizures (ASs) in awake animals remains underexplored. The dominant narrative suggests that seizures indiscriminately...
Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness as a Marker of Neurodegeneration in Epilepsy -
CONCLUSION: There was a statistically significant reduction of the retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in epileptic patients in comparison to healthy controls. Epileptic patients had significant impairment in cognitive functions in comparison to healthy controls.
Clinical, Behavioral and Neuroradiological Phenotype in an Italian Cohort of Patients With Xia Gibbs Syndrome: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study and Systematic Literature Review -
Heterozygous variants in the AHDC1 gene are associated with Xia Gibbs Syndrome (XGS), a genetic disorder with a highly variable phenotype. Cognitive impairment, motor delay, language delay, neonatal hypotonia, and sleep apnea are considered "cardinal" signs of the disease. In a multicenter cross-sectional study, we analyzed the genetic, epileptological, behavioral, and neuroradiological feature...
On-demand seizures facilitate rapid screening of therapeutics for epilepsy -
Animal models of epilepsy are critical in drug development and therapeutic testing. However, dominant methods for evaluating epilepsy treatments face a tradeoff between higher throughput and etiological relevance. Screening models are either based on acutely induced seizures in wild-type, naive animals or spontaneous seizures in chronically epileptic animals. Each has its disadvantages - acute ...
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