Posts Tagged ‘epilepsy’
Gene to blame for infant epilepsy
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Scientists have identified the genetic cause of a rare seizure disorder that affects infants. Continue…
Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:46 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 9, 2012 11:24 - 3 Comments
How-to guide for risky HIV/epilepsy drugs
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — New guidelines will help doctors avoid fatal interactions among HIV/AIDS and epilepsy drugs, and prevent anti-HIV drugs from losing effectiveness. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 15, 2011 12:39 - 0 Comments
Sensor brings epileptic brain into focus
NYU / U. ILLINOIS / U. PENN (US) — A flexible sensor is expected to offer unprecedented views of brain activity during epileptic seizures—as much as 400 times current levels—with minimal wiring. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 7, 2011 14:16 - 2 Comments
Molecule shields brain from seizure
BROWN (US) — The presence of a molecule in the brain following an epileptic seizure appears to exist solely to protect the brain from further seizures down the road. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 17, 2010 11:58 - 2 Comments
Flexible implant maps heart’s electrical activity
U. PENN (US)—Researchers have created and tested a new type of implantable device for measuring the heart’s electrical output. The device represents the first use of flexible silicon technology for a medical application. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 1, 2010 12:34 - 0 Comments
Epilepsy model points out affected neurons
EMORY (US)—The creation of a mouse model of a genetic form of human epilepsy will allow scientists to dissect affected neurons and precisely define associated physiological changes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 28, 2009 16:35 - 0 Comments
Mature brain recycles embryonic circuit maker
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Neuroscientists have discovered that an older mammal’s brain shrewdly revisits and reuses molecular cues from prenatal development to control the complex design of its circuits. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 11:13 - 2 Comments
Seizure med may combat kidney condition
YALE (US)—An anticonvulsant drug commonly used to treat epilepsy reduces cysts in mice that are associated with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a difficult-to-treat ailment that afflicts 600,000 people in the United States. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 2, 2009 11:21 - 3 Comments
Neurons mature rapidly at birth
DUKE (US)—At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 11, 2009 9:48 - 0 Comments
Blame the metal, not the nanotubes
Metal catalysts used to create carbon nanotubes can block a key signaling pathway in neurons. Experiments show the metal particles tend to plug cellular pores normally reserved for calcium ions. (Credit: Lorin Jakubek/Brown University)
Health & Medicine - Jul 8, 2009 13:25 - 0 Comments
After injury, brain may be its own worst enemy
“The thought is that maybe there is a window of opportunity where we could go in after an injury and administer one of these immune response inhibitors and stop a process that we think is going to lead to epilepsy,” says Daniel Barth, a professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Health & Medicine - Jun 11, 2009 12:29 - 0 Comments
Known drug may help treat childhood epilepsy
RUTGERS (US)—A widely available therapeutic drug may prove effective in treating childhood epilepsy, according to Rutgers researchers. (more…)
