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Study pinpoints key mechanism in brain development, raising question about use of antiseizure drug

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a key molecular player in guiding the formation of synapses — the all-important connections between nerve cells — in the brain. This discovery, based ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New study explains some mysteries of neonatal seizures

A study led by MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) investigators is providing new insight into the mechanism of neonatal seizures, which have features very different from seizures in older children and adults. In their ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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High-fat ketogenic diet effectively treats persistent childhood seizures

The high-fat ketogenic diet can dramatically reduce or completely eliminate debilitating seizures in most children with infantile spasms, whose seizures persist despite medication, according to a Johns Hopkins Children's ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older epilepsy drugs do not prevent first seizure from brain tumors

Many physicians prescribe antiepileptic medications to patients with brain tumors, even to those with no seizure history. Now, a new review of studies casts doubt on the wisdom of using these drugs — which can carry serious ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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