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From The Labs 

Brain tumors trigger silencing of neuronal activity

April 21, 2020May 1, 2020brain tumors, epilepsy, Glioma, glutamate dysregulation, inflammation, Research, seizures, slow depolarization

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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From The Labs 

Connecting seizures, neurogenesis and cognitive functions in Alzheimer’s disease

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019Alzheimer's Disease, neurogenesis, Research, seizures

Whether the normal adult human brain produces new neurons, much less those with Alzheimer’s disease, is a controversial topic in the field. While some groups

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From The Labs 

Absence epilepsy – when the brain is like ‘an orchestra without a conductor’

June 19, 2018June 19, 20182-photon microscopy, absence epilepsy, childhood epilepsy, Research, seizures

At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as absentminded, a daydreamer. The boy was having difficulty paying attention in class. As the teacher watched

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From The Labs 

‘Silent seizures’ discovered in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

July 10, 2017Alzheimer's Disease, deep brain, eeg, epilepsy, epileptic seizures, hippocampus, nonconvulsive seizures, seizures

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 The Labs 

The underappreciated astrocyte; a vital link between brain tumors and epileptic seizures

March 30, 2017April 24, 2018astrocyte, brain tumor, epilepsy, glioblastoma, neurons, 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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From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs: Adult-born neurons made the cover

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