In addition to having differences in clinical and EEG phenomena, children differ from adults in regard to etiological factors, response to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), and outcome. It is now recognized that the immature brain also differs from the mature brain in the basic mechanisms of epilepto...
Epilepsy is one of the commonest brain disorders characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures that result from the abnormal, excessive, and synchronous activity of clusters of nerve cells in the brain. Epilepsy is very prevalent and has a high incidence. Intensive efforts have been made in the ...
Independent experts have hailed the new technique as "exciting" and offering "real hope" for patients. Trials in UK patients with refined electrodes are expected to start within two years. The technology offers the potential to restore brain function that has been lost and could be used to diag...
In most cases, the cause of epilepsy is unknown, but the disorder can result from stroke, brain injury, brain tumors, and serious illness or very high fever. Worldwide it is estimated that around 1.6 percent of males and 1.3 percent of females have idiopathic, or generalized, epilepsy. ...
Vezzani, A. Epilepsy and inflammation in the brain: overview and pathophysiology. Epilepsy Curr. 14, 3–7 (2014). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Fan, S., Xiao, Z., Zhu, F., He, X. & Lu, Z. A new comorbidity model and the common pathological mechanisms of migraine ...
The meaning of EPILEPSY is any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and typically manifested by sudden brief episodes of altered or diminished consciousness, involuntary movements, or convulsions.
Treatment with a novel, minimally invasive brain pacemaker cut seizure frequency by at least 50% in patients with drug-resistant focalepilepsy, new research shows. The meta-analysis examined data from two first-in-human clinical trials of focal cortex stimulation (FCS) with an epicranial neuromodul...
in a population of neuron due to imbalance between excitation and inhibition. It is proposed that changes in the inhibition have underpinned the development of epilepsy and predisposition to seizures in brain. γ-Amino butyric acid (GABA) a principle inhibitory neurotransmitter in central nervous ...
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Deep brainstimulationhas been tried before to treat childhood epilepsy, but the device is usually placed in the chest withelectrodesrunning up the neck. The hope is by putting a rechargeableneurostimulatorin a patient's skull, it will reducecomplicationssuch as theleadsbreaking or eroding. ...