New genetic study of epilepsy may reveal future treatments
A study involving nearly 45,000 participants, has discovered 11 new genes associated with [...]
Rapid advances in genomics mean that more people with epilepsy may benefit
Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Centre have shown how quickly rapid advancements [...]
How Biomarkers will Transform epilepsy care in the 2020s
We asked Professor Deb Pal, from King's College London, who was awarded an ERUK pilot gran [...]
A closer look at ……..SYNAPTIC VESICLES
In order to conduct the millions of tasks the human brain completes every day, nerve cells [...]
Personal experience and scientific evidence – what does it feel like to have a seizure?
What does it feel like to have a seizure? Whilst neurologists will say that a seizure is c [...]
Brain tumours and epilepsy in children
Compared with the effects of brain tumours in adults, brain tumours in children cause addi [...]
Can we predict who will develop epilepsy following brain trauma?
Is it possible to predict those people who will develop epilepsy following brain tra [...]
Implant in brain detects, stops and prevents seizures
Researchers led by the University of Cambridge have successfully used an implanted device [...]
Protein increases number of inhibitory synapses in the brain and reduces seizures
Researchers at Brandeis University have used a protein called Semaphorin 4D (Sema4D) to in [...]
Some risk factors for late-onset epilepsy may be modifiable
Diagnosis of epilepsy occurs most often in the young and the over 60s and because life exp [...]
Structure of brain receptor implicated in epilepsy has been made clear for the first time
A receptor in the brain for a chemical messenger, called GABA, has long been implicated in [...]
Could leakage in the blood brain barrier lead to seizures?
Recent research findings have suggested that although one of the causes of epilepsy is a d [...]
Life extended of donated brain tissue from epilepsy surgery
Surgery is often the last resort for patients with refractory epilepsy but donated tissue [...]
Mossy cells implicated in epilepsy
‘Mossy cells’ are located in the hippocampus, deep within the brain. Their role in epileps [...]
The balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurons within the brain
Research from the Francis Crick institute has thrown light on the way the right balance be [...]
Many forms of epilepsy may share common neuroanatomical underpinnings
The largest collaboration of its kind has found that although epilepsy has many forms, cau [...]