Discovery of an underlying cause for infantile spasm points to a novel therapy
Researchers connected altered IGF-1 levels to infantile spasm in patients and animal models.
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Single cells reveal genetic connections of neurodevelopmental disorders
A novel computational approach helps researchers identify connections between genes involved in different neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Brain tumors trigger silencing of neuronal activity
Sudden episodes of confusion and seizures often are the first signs of a malignant brain tumor. At Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Jeffrey Noebels, director
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Exploring advances in epilepsy treatment
If 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
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What you need to know about epilepsy
According 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
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How infrequent seizures may lead to persistent memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease
Even 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.
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‘Silent seizures’ discovered in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
Deep 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
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From mouse model to human; serendipity leads to human genetic diagnosis
When 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
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The underappreciated astrocyte; a vital link between brain tumors and epileptic seizures
The 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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'Leaky calcium' gene linked to sudden cardiac death in epilepsy
[See video below] Epilepsy is an extremely common disorder affecting people of all ages, from infants through teenagers to older adults. One of the most
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