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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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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.