Science news articles about 'seizure disorders'
Study finds cognitive behavioral therapy can alleviate nonepileptic seizures
... points out, "treating the seizure is not the sum total of treating the patient with a seizure disorder, so we assessed other important measures, as well." The evaluation of quality of life scores, as ...Drug prevents seizure progression in model of epilepsy
... whose role in epilepsy was only recently discovered. Understanding how these channels work in seizure disorders, and being able to target them with a simple treatment, represents a significant advance ...Possible link between different forms of epilepsy found by Carnegie Mellon scientists
... have been linked to a rare, familial form of epilepsy, their involvement in other types of seizure disorders has never been demonstrated. These findings, published in the June issue of Neurobiology ...Deprived of a sense of smell, worms live longer
... is translated into an effect on the worms' bodies to delay aging." Ethosuximide is used to treat seizure disorders in people. Interestingly, a common side effect of the drug is the loss of the sense ...When it's more than the 'terrible twos'
... look for evidence of an electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormality, which might suggest an epileptic or seizure disorder. An EEG measures electrical activity produced by the brain and is recorded from ...Scientists track impact of DNA damage in the developing brain
... in a process known as gliosis. Overall changes in the hippocampus mimicked those found in the brains of adults with the seizure disorder known as temporal lobe epilepsy. In this study, the loss of ...Fragile period of childhood brain development could underlie epilepsy
... , these new findings provide the first genetic link between childhood brain development and a seizure disorder that lasts throughout adulthood, and also identify a new pathway that controls how neuron ...High-res view of zinc transport protein
... zinc transport activity and help adjust zinc levels as possible treatments for diseases such as seizure disorders or diabetes. Brookhaven Science Associates, which manages Brookhaven Lab, has filed a ...Developmental delay could stem from nicotinic receptor deletion
... in the brain. Defects in ion channels have previously been associated with forms of epilepsy or seizure disorder. "If insufficient expression of the nicotinic receptor causes most or all of the ...
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