Needle-thin brain implant enables recording and targeted drug delivery
A new type of brain implant may have implications for both brain research and future treatments of neurological…
Transcriptomic decoding of regional cortical vulnerability to drug-resistant epilepsy using 7T MRI
Fiest, K. M. et al. Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of international studies.…
Engineered sensor reveals the brain’s hidden chemical conversations
Scientists have engineered a protein able to record the incoming chemical signals of brain cells (as opposed to…
Why you shouldn’t skip your medication over the holidays
Many people are officially out of office, and while December is filled with lots of festivities and travelling,…
People with epilepsy and learning disabilities face preventable early deaths
A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living…
Personalized brain stimulation approach shows promise for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new, personalized approach to deep brain stimulation (DBS) for people with drug-resistant epilepsy. By mapping each…
Maternal obesity raises childhood epilepsy and disability risks, new study shows
A national Korean cohort study reveals that elevated pre-pregnancy BMI independently increases childhood risks of epilepsy and intellectual…
A Single Sound Could Send Me To My Knees, Hyperventilating And Sobbing. Then I Realized What I Needed To Do.
The first time it happened, I was on a run near my home. Recently, my then 5-year-old had…
Groundbreaking mouse cortex model opens new frontiers in neuroscience
Harnessing the muscle of one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, researchers have built one of the largest and…
Long-term efficacy of anterior nucleus of the thalamus deep brain stimulation in drug-resistant epilepsy: a 5-year multicenter study | BMC Medicine
Asadi-Pooya AA, Brigo F, Lattanzi S, Blumcke I. Adult epilepsy. Lancet. 2023;402(10399):412–24. PubMed Google Scholar Fiest KM, Sauro…
Heart attack in older adults linked to higher risk of late-onset epilepsy
Older adults who have a heart attack may be more likely to develop epilepsy later in life, according…
Immune cell dysregulation and inflammatory mediators shape epilepsy risk
Background and objectives Emerging evidence implicates immune dysregulation and neuroinflammation in the pathogenesis of epilepsy, yet the causal…