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Improving AED delivery to the brain 27/07/2010 Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism   New technology for anti-epileptic drug testing 27/07/2010 Science Daily   A potential new target for epilepsy drugs 27/07/2010 Clinical Science (London)   A possible new treatment for refractory epilepsy 19/05/2010 www.medscape.com   Genes and epilepsy: new findings 19/05/2010 Science Daily   Exposure to seizures in the womb 19/05/2010 Epilepsy & Behaviour   Another possible risk factor for SUDEP 21/04/2010 Science Daily   How do focal seizures start? 21/04/2010 CORDIS NEWS   A potential new treatment for seizures in newborns 21/04/2010 Seizure   Life after the ketogenic diet: are there any long-term side-effects? 17/03/2010 Science Daily   Does the immune system play a role in epilepsy? 17/03/2010 Current Opinion Neurology   What's the best anti-epileptic drug for childhood absence epilepsy? 17/03/2010 The New England Journal of Medicine   A new imaging technique in children with tuberous sclerosis gives hope for better epilepsy surgery outcomes 10/02/2010 Science Daily   Is it possible to detect who will be resistant to anti-epileptic drugs? 10/02/2010 Seizure   New-onset epilepsy in older people: what are the risk factors? 10/02/2010 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society   Using light to switch neurons off: how could this help people with epilepsy? 19/01/2010 Science Daily   New clues about memory function 19/01/2010 Science Daily   How a common protein has increased our understanding of epilepsy 19/01/2010 Science Daily & PLoS ONE   Seizure development: chemical or electrical? 17/12/2009 Science Daily   Could this simple tool improve AED adherence? 17/12/2009 Epilepsy & Behaviour   A potential risk factor for SUDEP 18/11/2009 Science Daily   Generic substitution: what are the implications for epilepsy? 18/11/2009 Neurology   Epilepsy and depression: what is the link? 18/11/2009 Neurobiology of Disease   Exciting new clues about seizures in newborns 21/10/2009 Neuron   A new global online registry for infant epilepsy 21/10/2009 Medical News Today   A newly discovered cause of seizures 21/10/2009 Cell   A breakthrough for hereditary epilepsy 09/09/2009 Science Daily   How can a pregnant woman's seizures affect her unborn child? 09/09/2009 Archives of Neurology   One step closer to non-invasive brain surgery 09/09/2009 Science Daily   Could epilepsy after brain injury be prevented? 08/08/2009 The Journal of Neuroscience   How can exposure to anti-epileptic drugs in the womb affect mental functioning in childhood? 08/08/2009 Science Daily   A new and accurate way of studying neuron function: what could this mean for epilepsy? 08/08/2009 eScience News   How rapamycin is making progress in the treatment of epilepsy 15/07/2009 Science Daily   GABA: two receptors, very different roles 15/07/2009 Journal of Neuroscience   Withdrawing AEDs after epilepsy surgery: is it safe? 15/07/2009 Epilepsy Behaviour   A gene that switches on during epilepsy development 13/05/2009 Science Daily   A new link between epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease 13/05/2009 Journal of Neuroscience & European Commission website   A known drug has been found to prevent epilepsy progression 13/05/2009 Science Daily   Surprising discoveries for severe childhood epilepsy 21/04/2009 Science Daily   A potential new therapy for refractory epilepsy 21/04/2009 Science Daily   Can a change of temperature stop a seizure? 21/04/2009 Neurotherapeutics   Epilepsy after brain injury: what's the risk and does it go away? 19/03/2009 Lancet   Can sunlight reduce seizures? 19/03/2009 Epilepsy Research   An important milestone for epilepsy research 17/02/2009 Nature Genetics & Science Daily   Artificial nerves that think - science fiction or reality? 17/02/2009 Science Daily   First gene for common childhood epilepsy 17/02/2009 Science Daily   What's the link between stroke and epilepsy? 20/01/2009 Science Daily   Drug withdrawal: which children are most at risk of seizure recurrence? 20/01/2009 Seizure   Another new target for drug treatment 20/01/2009 Epilepsia   How the body's protective mechanisms could cause epilepsy 16/12/2008 Nature Medicine & BBC News Online

A new culprit gene for epilepsy 16/12/2008 Science Daily

SUDEP: why does it happen? 16/12/2008 Science Daily   Memory and epilepsy: what is the link? 18/11/2008 Science Daily & Science News

Inflammation in the brain: the tape worm that triggers a new mechanism 18/11/2008 Science Daily & Science News

Could epilepsy be treated with the flip of a switch? 18/11/2008 Eurekalert

The ketogenic diet: now a front-line treatment 15/10/2008 Science Daily & Science News

Excitation versus inhibition: the brain switch that gets the balance just right 15/10/2008 Science Daily

Epilepsy: a new culprit protein found 15/10/2008 Brain Research

What makes status epilepticus resistant to drugs? 17/09/2008 Epilepsy Research

How a brain scan could predict surgery outcomes 17/09/2008 Epilepsia

What makes status epilepticus resistant to drugs? 17/09/2008 Epilepsy Research

Could a hand-held computer improve patient care? 12/08/2008 Epilepsy & Behaviour

Immature brain cells could prevent temporal lobe epilepsy 12/08/2008 Experimental neurology

Protecting or harming? Do the body's defenses cause epilepsy? 12/08/2008 Brain, Behaviour & Immunity

How long should you treat epilepsy? 16/07/2008 Epilepsia

The ketogenic diet: proof it works 16/07/2008 Lancet Neurology

What makes seizures stop? 16/07/2008 Nature Neuroscience

Treatment for psychogenic non-epileptic seizures 21/05/2008 Seizure and Epilepsy & Behavior

Computer simulation predicts cell patterns due to epilepsy 21/05/2008 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

Preventing epilepsy caused by tuberous sclerosis 24/04/2008 Annals of Neurology

Dietary treatment for adults with epilepsy 24/04/2008 Epilepsia & Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

The links between epilepsy and depression 18/03/2008 Experimental Neurology & Annals of Neurology

The promise of pharmacogenomics 18/03/2008 Pharmacogenomics

Could epilepsy be prevented with an AED? 26/02/2008 Epilepsia

Keeping seizure control during pregnancy 26/02/2008 Neurology

Vaccinations and epilepsy 26/02/2008 Epilepsia

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