EPILEPSY surgeryGENETIC mutationHIPPOCAMPUS (Brain)HAMARTOMAATTENTIONGENESMEDICAL researchEpilepsy is a common neurological disease in clinic. Epilepsy caused by structural causes can be cured by surgery, which has been the focus of attention in the field of epilep...
What Are the Types of Seizures? What Are the Causes of Epilepsy? What Are the Causes of Seizures 4 min read Epilepsy is a general term for the tendency to have seizures. Epilepsy is usually diagnosed only after a person has had more than one seizure. When identifiable, the causes of e...
As well as genetic contributions to epilepsy, in approximately 25% of cases the epilepsy has a clearly defined acquired cause, such as following status epilepticus (SE), head trauma or stroke [17]. While the precise mechanisms underpinning the development of epilepsy following brain injury (a pro...
Epileptic events can be induced in brain slices by a variety of means. If common principles exist, in spite of different actions of the inciting epileptogenic agents, then such principles might apply to epilepsy in υiυo. We shall consider here epilepti
loudness levels, head injury, stress, and genetic differences or by abnormal responses in the ear muscles, which protects the ear from loud sounds. Other causes may include adverse reactions to medicine or surgeries, chronic ear infections, autoimmune disorders, migraine and some forms of epilepsy....
estimate for any DSM-IV disorder was 40.3% at 12 months and 23.4% at 30 days. Anxiety disorders were the most common class of disorders, with a prevalence estimate of 24.9% at 12 months and 14.9% at 30 days. Social phobia and specific phobia were the most common types of anxiety ...
Seizures like photosensitive epilepsy Learning or cognitive impairments like dyslexia. There are some other accessibility issues that any user may suffer from like: Incidental barriers like sleep deprivation and reduced focus Environmental obstacles like having to use a mobile device underground for work ...
types (Malow 2002). Specific aspects of sleep may be associated with the occurrence of epileptiform EEG activity or seizures (Malow 1998), and seizures (especially nocturnal) can adversely affect sleep architecture (Bazil 2000). Daytime sleepiness in epilepsy may...
Most times drug allergies are identified based on the time proximity of the reaction to administration of the drug and patient history. If the drug is stopped and the symptoms also stop; then the logical conclusion is that the drug caused the allergic reaction. Skin testing can also be used ...
The epilepsies affect around 65 million people worldwide and have a substantial missing heritability component. We report a genome-wide mega-analysis involving 15,212 individuals with epilepsy and 29,677 controls, which reveals 16 genome-wide significant