Science news articles about 'cortical dysplasia'

... of defects in development, many of them due to defective genes and many associated with epilepsy. Cortical dysplasia, meaning disordered development of the cerebral cortex, is identified in 25 to ...

... basis of the disease. The article describes the first use of a mouse model of cortical dysplasia, a malformation of the brain that is most often the cause of childhood epilepsy. Introducing the drug ...

... treat childhood epilepsy using a widely available therapeutic drug. In the first use of a mouse model of cortical dysplasia, they introduced the drug rapamycin. Cortical dysplasia is often the cause ...