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Researchers discover CTE in deceased patient's brain with no known history of head trauma

Researchers at Toronto Western Hospital's Canadian Concussion Centre have discovered the presence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of a deceased patient with no known history of traumatic brain injury or concussion, the first known case of its kind.

2 Mar 2017

New wireless patch may help reduce migraine pain as well as drugs, study suggests

A preliminary study suggests that a new, wireless patch that you wear on your arm may help reduce migraine pain as well as drugs. The study is published in the March 1, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

2 Mar 2017

Study findings may bring new hope for children and teens with epilepsy

There's good news for kids with epilepsy. While several new drugs have come out in the last several years for adults with epilepsy, making those drugs available for children and teenagers has been delayed due to the challenges of testing new drugs on children.

28 Feb 2017

$Study finds ketogenic diet as 'feasible' option for people with super-refractory status epilepticus$

Study finds ketogenic diet as 'feasible' option for people with super-refractory status epilepticus

In a small phase I and II clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues elsewhere found that the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet was a safe and effective treatment option for the majority of adults experiencing a relatively rare, often fatal and always severe form of epilepsy marked by prolonged seizures that require medically induced comas to prevent them from further damaging the body and the brain.

27 Feb 2017

Hypoxia may be cause for seizure-related neuronal degeneration in epilepsy, study finds

Neuronal degeneration is the most severe long-term consequence of repetitive seizures in patients with epilepsy, which until now was thought to be primarily caused by excitotoxicity, or over-stimulation of the neurons.

27 Feb 2017

Study finds new mechanism underlying epileptic seizures

Prolonged epileptic seizures may cause serious problems that will continue for the rest of a patient's life. As a result of a seizure, neural connections of the brain may be rewired in an incorrect way.

27 Feb 2017

Living with children linked to insufficient sleep among women, study finds

New research backs up what many women already know: They're sleep deprived. Unlike men, a good night's sleep for women is affected by having children in the house, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 69th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to 28, 2017.

27 Feb 2017

Study: Epilepsy patients want physicians to share information about rare risk of death

People with epilepsy want their health care providers to tell them about a rare risk of death associated with the disorder, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 69th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to 28, 2017.

24 Feb 2017

Modified Atkins Diet helps children suffering from Doose syndrome

Doose syndrome or myoclonic-astatic epilepsy is a rare syndrome accounting for one to two percent of childhood epilepsies.

23 Feb 2017

Mouse model shows how chronic demyelination may cause seizures in MS patients

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that affects nearly 2.3 million people worldwide.

22 Feb 2017

Anti-epilepsy medicine use during pregnancy does not harm overall health of children, study finds

Children whose mothers have taken anti-epilepsy medicine during pregnancy, do not visit the doctor more often than children who have not been exposed to this medicine in utero. This is the result of a new study from Aarhus.

21 Feb 2017

Researchers identify genetic cause of novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs

Researh groups from the University of Helsinki, the LMU Munich and the University of Guelph have described in collaboration a novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs and identified its genetic cause.

21 Feb 2017

Cedars-Sinai neuroscientists uncover human brain processes crucial to short-term memory

Cedars-Sinai neuroscientists have uncovered processes involved in how the human brain creates and maintains short-term memories.

21 Feb 2017

NIH workshop: Zika-affected infants may face complex health and developmental problems

Children exposed to Zika virus in the womb may face complex health and developmental problems as they grow older, according to discussions at a National Institutes of Health workshop.

21 Feb 2017

Multi-disciplinary project receives £390,000 grant to discover genetic cause of epilepsy

The University of Liverpool has received a £390,000 grant from Medical Research Council to conduct research into how mutations in genes can cause epilepsy.

20 Feb 2017

Former NFL players may not experience motor function problems from repeated head injuries, study finds

Former NFL players who had repeated head injuries may not have significant problems with motor functions later in life, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 69th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to 28, 2017.

20 Feb 2017

Epilepsy News and Research

Latest Epilepsy News and Research

Researchers discover CTE in deceased patient's brain with no known history of head trauma

New wireless patch may help reduce migraine pain as well as drugs, study suggests

Study findings may bring new hope for children and teens with epilepsy

Study finds ketogenic diet as 'feasible' option for people with super-refractory status epilepticus

Hypoxia may be cause for seizure-related neuronal degeneration in epilepsy, study finds

Study finds new mechanism underlying epileptic seizures

Living with children linked to insufficient sleep among women, study finds

Study: Epilepsy patients want physicians to share information about rare risk of death

Modified Atkins Diet helps children suffering from Doose syndrome

Mouse model shows how chronic demyelination may cause seizures in MS patients

Anti-epilepsy medicine use during pregnancy does not harm overall health of children, study finds

Researchers identify genetic cause of novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs

Cedars-Sinai neuroscientists uncover human brain processes crucial to short-term memory

NIH workshop: Zika-affected infants may face complex health and developmental problems

Multi-disciplinary project receives £390,000 grant to discover genetic cause of epilepsy

Former NFL players may not experience motor function problems from repeated head injuries, study finds

Hormone therapy may not protect women from Alzheimer's disease, new study shows

Women who participate in clinical trials experience improved health outcomes, research finds

New drug discovered in zebrafish model of pediatric epilepsy shows promising results in clinical study

Study suggests new ways to treat neurological symptoms linked to tuberous sclerosis complex

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