News tagged with abnormal electrical activity

UV LED therapy shows promising results in preventing focal seizures

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School discovered that light from an ultraviolet diode (UV LED) reduced "seizure-like" activity in a rat epilepsy model. During the study, UV light released gamma aminobutyric ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Epilepsy Patients Are Given New Hope With Brain Implant

(PhysOrg.com) -- A startup company, Neuropace in Mountain View Ca., has developed a device that offers new hope for epilepsy patients. The device is designed to neutralize the abnormal electrical activity ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 weblog

New brain imaging method shows promise for epilepsy

With 25 percent of his brain already gone, Clint Galster sat alone in a vaultlike room as doctors tried to figure out whether even more brain tissue could be taken out.

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created May 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drug prevents seizure progression in model of epilepsy

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a new anticonvulsant compound that has the potential to stop the development of epilepsy. The findings are published in the March issue of the journal Epilepsia.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2