Uncovering drivers of glioma-related epilepsy
A combination of animal model and patient studies reveals new possibilities to control glioma-related seizures and tumor growth.
Read moreA combination of animal model and patient studies reveals new possibilities to control glioma-related seizures and tumor growth.
Read moreResearchers connected altered IGF-1 levels to infantile spasm in patients and animal models.
Read moreA novel computational approach helps researchers identify connections between genes involved in different neurodevelopmental disorders.
Read moreSudden episodes of confusion and seizures often are the first signs of a malignant brain tumor. At Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Jeffrey Noebels, director
Read moreIf a loved one is living with epilepsy, you’re well aware of how debilitating the disorder can be. While traditional epilepsy treatments are effective for
Read moreAccording to the Epilepsy Foundation, more than 65 million people worldwide are affected by epilepsy and it’s estimated that 1 in 26 people will develop
Read moreEven relatively infrequent seizures can lead to long-lasting cognitive deficits in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease; how this happens, however, has been difficult to explain.
Read moreDeep in the brains of two patients with Alzheimer’s disease, the main memory structure, the hippocampus, displays episodic seizure-like electrical activity. These nonconvulsive hippocampal seizures
Read moreWhen Dr. Huda Zoghbi and her colleagues were investigating the role protein complex ATXN1-CIC plays in the normal development of the mouse brain they did not
Read moreThe brain has billions of cells of which only 30 percent are neurons. Astrocytes are the predominant cell type of the remaining 70 percent. Surprisingly,
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