Science news articles about 'causes of epilepsy'

LONDON (Reuters) - A breakdown in a reaction between immune cells and blood vessels in the brain appears to play a key role in epilepsy, Italian researchers said Monday.

... the causes of the problems and for the development of new treatments." One of the major causes of epilepsy in children is an alteration in the development of the cerebral cortex. The cerebral cortex ...

... to prevent the progression of seizure disorders over time, thus attacking the root cause of epilepsy. According to Barth, the next steps will be to further investigate paxilline to see whether it ...

... changes in mice triggered by one of the most common genetic causes of epilepsy, tuberous sclerosis (TS). "We hope ... brain cells, which could explain why TS causes seizures. To test the theory, he gave ...

... still a real danger associated with this condition. "One important reason to identify genetic causes of epilepsy is the hope that these discoveries will eventually lead to new therapies," he adds. " ...

... gene with mutations that cause febrile seizures and contribute to a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet ... researchers further showed the SCN9A seizure-causing role in approximately 5 percent of 92 ...

... signaling and PRG-1 function may be unrecognized causes of epilepsy. Nitsch and his colleagues were the first to ... PRG-1 and the LPA receptor didn't have epilepsy either, more evidence that PRG-1 acts ...