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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
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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Lipid Nanoparticles with Stiripentol and Cannabidiol Oil: From Rational Optimization to Preclinical Characterization -
Background/Objectives: Dravet Syndrome (DS) is a severe form of epilepsy that typically manifests in the first year of life and often requires polytherapy with two or more antiseizure medications (ASMs) to achieve adequate seizure control. Whereas the combination of stiripentol (STP) and cannabidiol (CBD) has demonstrated clinical efficacy, it presents significant formulation challenges due to ...
The Dual Role of Connexins in Stroke, Neurotrauma, Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Disorders: A Global Systematic Review - Background: Connexins (Cx) are a family of transmembrane proteins that form gap junctions and connexin hemichannels (HCs), enabling direct intercellular communication within the nervous system. Connexin 43 (Cx43), the principal astrocytic connexin, exhibits a context-dependent dual role: under physiological conditions it maintains tissue homeostasis and metabolic support, whereas under patholog...
A Pilot Feasibility Study of Neurodevelopmental Surveillance After the Fontan Operation Using a Sedation-Free Brain MRI Approach - Background and Objectives: After undergoing a Fontan operation, children with single-ventricle physiology are at a risk of neurodevelopmental impairment; data from the Korean population are scarce. We characterized the neurocognitive profiles of early school-aged Fontan patients and evaluated the feasibility of a sedation-free ultrafast brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol for volume...
A Novel CFA3 Locus Encompassing KCNIP4 Is Associated with Idiopathic Epilepsy in Siberian Huskies - Background/Objectives: Idiopathic epilepsy is a lifelong neurologic disorder in dogs, but its genetic basis remains incompletely understood in many breeds. This study aimed to identify risk-associated markers in Siberian Huskies, quantify their effects, assess potential risk modifiers, and characterize the shared haplotype background of the associated signal. Methods: A genome-wide association ...
A 350 kb NEXMIF Microdeletion Identified by Chromosomal Microarray in an Adult Patient with Jeavons Syndrome - Background: Pathogenic variants in the NEXMIF gene have been linked to a broad neurodevelopmental phenotype, encompassing autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and epilepsy. Among epileptic manifestations, Jeavons Syndrome was observed in 24% of affected females in the largest cohort of NEXMIF-related disorders reported to date, but long-term adult outcomes remain poorly documented...
Audiogenic Kindling Stimulation Fails to Induce Cerebral Overexpression of P-Glycoprotein and Limbic Crises in the GASH/Sal Model of Epilepsy - Experimental evidence indicates that a high seizure burden can induce cerebral overexpression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) at the blood-brain barrier, a phenomenon associated with drug-resistant epilepsy under the "transporter hypothesis", but also at the neuronal level, linked to a reduced seizure threshold, increased seizure severity (SS), status epilepticus (SE), and a high spontaneous death (SD...
The Dual Role of Connexins in Stroke, Neurotrauma, Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Disorders: A Global Systematic Review - Background: Connexins (Cx) are a family of transmembrane proteins that form gap junctions and connexin hemichannels (HCs), enabling direct intercellular communication within the nervous system. Connexin 43 (Cx43), the principal astrocytic connexin, exhibits a context-dependent dual role: under physiological conditions it maintains tissue homeostasis and metabolic support, whereas under patholog...
A Pilot Feasibility Study of Neurodevelopmental Surveillance After the Fontan Operation Using a Sedation-Free Brain MRI Approach - Background and Objectives: After undergoing a Fontan operation, children with single-ventricle physiology are at a risk of neurodevelopmental impairment; data from the Korean population are scarce. We characterized the neurocognitive profiles of early school-aged Fontan patients and evaluated the feasibility of a sedation-free ultrafast brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol for volume...
A Novel CFA3 Locus Encompassing KCNIP4 Is Associated with Idiopathic Epilepsy in Siberian Huskies - Background/Objectives: Idiopathic epilepsy is a lifelong neurologic disorder in dogs, but its genetic basis remains incompletely understood in many breeds. This study aimed to identify risk-associated markers in Siberian Huskies, quantify their effects, assess potential risk modifiers, and characterize the shared haplotype background of the associated signal. Methods: A genome-wide association ...
A 350 kb NEXMIF Microdeletion Identified by Chromosomal Microarray in an Adult Patient with Jeavons Syndrome - Background: Pathogenic variants in the NEXMIF gene have been linked to a broad neurodevelopmental phenotype, encompassing autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and epilepsy. Among epileptic manifestations, Jeavons Syndrome was observed in 24% of affected females in the largest cohort of NEXMIF-related disorders reported to date, but long-term adult outcomes remain poorly documented...
Audiogenic Kindling Stimulation Fails to Induce Cerebral Overexpression of P-Glycoprotein and Limbic Crises in the GASH/Sal Model of Epilepsy - Experimental evidence indicates that a high seizure burden can induce cerebral overexpression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) at the blood-brain barrier, a phenomenon associated with drug-resistant epilepsy under the "transporter hypothesis", but also at the neuronal level, linked to a reduced seizure threshold, increased seizure severity (SS), status epilepticus (SE), and a high spontaneous death (SD...
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Brain signal irregularity may provide clues to understanding epileptic process -
Researchers propose a new method to differentiate signals from the epileptic focus from those recorded in other parts of the brain without the presence of an epileptic seizure. This technique may help detect epilepsy-induced features from these signals much quicker than conventional analysis techniques.
Breakthrough tech enables seizure localization in minutes - New research introduces a novel network analysis technology that uses minimally invasive resting state electrophysiological recordings to localize seizure onset brain regions and predict seizure outcomes in just 10 minutes.
Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children - A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.
Breakthrough tech enables seizure localization in minutes - New research introduces a novel network analysis technology that uses minimally invasive resting state electrophysiological recordings to localize seizure onset brain regions and predict seizure outcomes in just 10 minutes.
Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children - A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.