At theNeurocritical Care Society's (NCS) 22nd Annual Meetingthis week, a University of Cincinnati researcher presented Phase 3 clinical trial results finding a new drug is a safe and effective treatment for the most severe and deadly form of epilepsy. UC's Brandon Foreman, MD, explained the t...
"This is the first study that demonstrates the important role of this unique molecule for normal functioning of the brain, and that its deficiency may be a cause of epileptic disorders. A better understanding of how hyaluronan regulates brain function could lead to new treatment approaches for ep...
(292) Treatment effects on changes in pain and changes in sleep: Pregabalin (lyrica) in fibromyalgia patients Chronic pain and related sleep disturbance is prominent in patients with FM. Previous trials found pregabalin to be effective for treating pain and symptoms of disturbed sleep associated with...
Given the critical role of GABA in modulating neuronal excitability, the GABAergic system has been, and continues to be, an important target for efforts to identify new therapies for epilepsy, convulsive status epilepticus and other CNS disorders, including anxiety, sleep and depression. As discussed...
AN DIEGO-The ideal therapy .for epilepsy silences seizures without unbearable side effects. "We have done that for most people with epilepsy, but 15- to 25-percent of people with epilepsy still need more than we can offer," said Gregory Barkley, MD, clinical vice chairman of the department...
Figure 2. Cumulative Probability of 1-Year Seizure Freedom by Treatment Duration and Number of Antiepileptic Drugs Regimens Tried View LargeDownload A, Data for all patients; B, Patients with generalized epilepsy; C, Patients with focal epilepsy. In A, probabilities of seizure freedom differ signifi...
Wireless-powering deep brain stimulation platform based on 1d-structured magnetoelectric nanochains applied in antiepilepsy treatment. ACS Nano. 2023;17(16):15796–15809. doi:10.1021/acsnano.3c03661 (Open in a new window)PubMed (Open in a new window)Web of Science ®(Open in a new ...
Dr. Barak: “We discovered that treatment in the oxygen-enriched pressure chamber reduces inflammation in the brain and leads to an increase in the expression of substances responsible for improving blood and oxygen supply to the brain, and therefore brain function. In addition, we saw a d...
One of the oldest available anti-seizure medications, ethosuximide, is the most effective treatment for childhood absence epilepsy, according to initial outcomes published in this week'sNew England Journal of Medicine. OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital is one of 32 comprehensive pediatricepilepsycent...
"It's encouraging how quickly we can move from the lab to a potential treatment for patients," says Kurrasch. "This drug testing method that we've developed for epilepsy has so many more applications. We can now start looking at effective drug treatment for other disorders, including autism...