Study: Astrocytes May Reduce Long-term Brain Cell Damage from Seizures
According to data from a new study on the effects of astrocytes after an epileptic seizure, researchers found that astrocytes benefit the glial cells, which could reduce long-term brain damage...
Epilepsy Drug May Help Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s Patients
A new study, conducted by scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, suggests that an epileptic medication may be able to reverse memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients. For this study, researchers studied...
Doctor Supports Ketogenic Diet for Epileptic Kids
In a telephone interview with Medscape Medical News, Mary Zupanc, MD, director of the comprehensive epilepsy program and chief of the division of child neurology at the Children’s Hospital of...
Seizure Detector Works in Treating Rats with Epilepsy
It turns out that a skull implant may be able to detect a seizure and provide therapeutic electrical impulses in rats that lessen the amount of seizures by as much...
Epilepsy Drug Fycompa Approved for Sale in Europe
The anticonvulsant epilepsy drug Fycompa has been approved for sale in Europe by the European Commission. Made by Eisai, Fycompa is used to inhibit the activity of AMPA receptors and...