Epilepsy Research – PossibleThreat Articles

Repeated febrile convulsions linked to epilepsy and psychiatric disorders

October 15, 2019 0 Comments Child Psychology, Children's Health, Chronic Illness, Disorders and Syndromes, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Mental Health Research, Psychiatry

The risk of febrile convulsions increases with the child's fever, and children who suffer from repeated febrile convulsions during their first year of life have an increased risk of developing epilepsy and psychiatric disorders later in life. This is shown by a comprehensive register-based study. In the study, almost 76,000 Danish children who have been suffering from febrile convulsions have been followed for more than 30 years.

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New genetic-based epilepsy risk scores

October 14, 2019 0 Comments Chronic Illness, Diseases and Conditions, Disorders and Syndromes, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Intelligence, Multiple Sclerosis, Personalized Medicine

An international team of researchers has developed new genetic-based epilepsy risk scores which may lay the foundation for a more personalized method of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. This analysis is the largest study of epilepsy genetics to date, as well as the largest study of epilepsy using human samples.

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Epilepsy: Function of 'brake cells' disrupted

October 1, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Disorders and Syndromes, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Nervous System, neuroscience, Stem Cells

In some forms of epilepsy, the function of certain ''brake cells'' in the brain is presumed to be disrupted. This may be one of the reasons why the electrical malfunction is able to spread from the point of origin across large parts of the brain. A current study points in this direction.

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Neurons' response to seizure-induced stress reduces seizure severity

September 26, 2019 0 Comments Anxiety, Birth Defects, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Intelligence, Mental Health Research, Nervous System, Stress

In response to seizures, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a network of flattened tubes in the cell that packages and transports proteins, triggers a stress response that reduces brain activity and seizure severity. The new findings may have important implications for the development of new epilepsy therapies.

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Epilepsy: Seizures not forecastable as expected

September 25, 2019 0 Comments Birth Defects, Brain Injury, Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Intelligence, Nervous System

Epileptic seizures can probably not be predicted by changes in brain wave patterns that were previously assumed to be characteristic precursors.

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Here's the kind of data hackers get about you from hospitals

September 23, 2019 0 Comments Computers and Internet, Diseases and Conditions, encryption, Epilepsy Research, Hacking, Health Policy, Information Technology, Today's Healthcare

New research has uncovered the specific data leaked through hospital breaches, sounding alarm bells for nearly 170 million people.

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'Push-pull' dynamic in brain network is key to stopping seizures

September 23, 2019 0 Comments Birth Defects, Brain Injury, Brain Tumor, Brain-Computer Interfaces, Disorders and Syndromes, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Today's Healthcare

Researchers have discovered that the spreading of seizures through the brain can be suppressed depending on the amount of pressure within the brain, an important discovery that may revolutionize the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy.

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New study on sharing shows social norms play a role in decision making

September 23, 2019 0 Comments Children's Health, Diseases and Conditions, Epilepsy Research, Healthy Aging, Infant's Health, Medical Topics, Psychology Research, Staying Healthy

A child's desire to share becomes influenced by social norms around the age of 8, new research has revealed. The extensive study — conducted on eight diverse societies across the world — examined children and adults' behavior when asked to respond to a set of specific sharing tasks.

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CBD may alleviate seizures, benefit behaviors in people with neurodevelopmental conditions

September 18, 2019 0 Comments Behavioral Science, Birth Defects, Disorders and Syndromes, Epigenetics, Epilepsy, Epilepsy Research, Genetically Modified, mice, Psychiatry

A marijuana plant extract, also known as cannabidiol (CBD), is being commonly used to improve anxiety, sleep problems, pain, and many other neurological conditions. Now researchers show it may alleviate seizures and normalize brain rhythms in Angelman syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental condition.