News tagged with recurrent seizures
Optimal modulation of ion channels rescues neurons associated with epilepsy
New research successfully reverses epilepsy-associated pathology by using a sophisticated single-cell modeling paradigm to examine abnormal cell behavior and identify the optimal modulation of channel activity. The study, ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Findings in epilepsy gene in animals may guide treatment directions for infants
Researchers studying a difficult-to-treat form of childhood epilepsy called infantile spasms have developed a line of mice that experiences seizures with features closely resembling those occurring in patients with infantile ...
Jun 01, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Search results for recurrent seizures
New direction for epilepsy treatment
If common anticonvulsant drugs fail to manage epileptic seizures, then perhaps the anti-inflammatory route is the way to go. That's according to Mattia Maroso and colleagues from the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 28, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Digital versus analog control over cortical inhibition
In the cerebral cortex, the balance between excitation (pyramidal neurons) and inhibition (interneurons) is thought to be mediated by the primary mode of neuronal communication: "all-or-none" action potentials, or spikes. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 22, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
Frequent, potentially avoidable readmissions are major driver of pediatric health care costs
Hospital readmissions are increasingly viewed as an indicator of quality of care. If patients receive appropriate discharge care planning and coordinated outpatient follow-up when leaving the hospital, they should transition ...
Feb 15, 2011 |
not rated yet |
0
US neurologists agree on protocols for treatment of infantile spasms
Researchers from across the U.S., as part of the Infantile Spasms Working Group (ISWG), established guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of infantile spasms (IS). The goal of the ISWG is to improve patient outcomes ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 03, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Study opens the door to new class of drugs for epileptic seizures
A chemical compound that boosts the action of a molecule normally produced in the brain may provide the starting point for a new line of therapies for the treatment of epileptic seizures, according to a new study by scientists ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 29, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Does the existing standard of care supply energy sources to brain tumor cells?
The medical standard of care - comprised of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy - for the most common form of brain cancer triggers a number of biological responses that may actually feed the energy metabolism that supports ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
UCL researching light therapy as a potential treatment for epilepsy
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new clinical trial at UCL (University College London) is investigating whether light therapy could benefit people with epilepsy who continue to have seizures after trying several types of medication.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 18, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Gabapentin opens window of communication
For patients with quadriplegia, mutism and lower cranial nerve paralysis (locked-in syndrome), their only means of interacting with others is through vertical gaze and upper eyelid movements, using eye-coded communication ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 16, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
UW-Madison Researchers Find New Subtype of Breast Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- An alteration in a gene not normally associated with breast cancer has been found in up to 20 percent of breast cancer tumors and may help predict which breast cancers are more likely to turn aggressive and ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Altered brain development found in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy
A newly published study reported that children with new/recent onset epilepsy have significantly slowed expansion of white matter volume compared to healthy children over a two year interval. The reduced white matter volume ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 19, 2010 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
List of search results for recurrent seizures
