Predicting epilepsy in infants
A research team hopes to have identified an MRI marker that can predict which children will develop epilepsy after experiencing febrile seizures as babies.
A research team hopes to have identified an MRI marker that can predict which children will develop epilepsy after experiencing febrile seizures as babies.
A woman with epilepsy appears to be the first person in whom scientists have successfully ‘switched off’ consciousness.
Scientists at the Robarts Research Institute may have found a new avenue of research that could lead to a new treatment for epilepsy. They believe they have found a new way to stop seizures – in a molecule from a Himalayan flower
Epilepsy Action and Dravet Syndrome UK have awarded a research grant to researchers at the UK’s Institute of Neurology. The grant is to fund research into Dravet syndrome, a rare form of childhood epilepsy. The money was given by TeamMAX, a fund set up in memory of Max Miller, who had Dravet syndrome, and died as a result of SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) in June 2011.
The case for keeping fit continues to gather pace. Now it’s been extended to cover helping to ward off developing epilepsy in later life – if you’re a man.
A new Swedish study shows that young men with a fit heart showed a lower risk of developing epilepsy later in life.
What do zebrafish and antihistamine have in common? Surprisingly, it’s epilepsy! According to a report on the Nature website, scientists have found that seizures in zebrafish can be controlled by giving them clemizole, an antihistamine drug that’s been around since the 1950s.