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·September 2, 2023·5 min read

How Live Viola Music Calms Epilepsy Patients

Patients undergoing testing for epilepsy often experience significant distress when their medication is reduced to provoke seizures. However, a recent study reveals that listening to live improvisatory viola music helps these patients achieve a meditative state, as shown by EEG measurements.

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·July 26, 2023·5 min read

Pioneering Stem Cell Therapy Offers New Hope for Epilepsy Treatment

Researchers embarked on a groundbreaking clinical trial involving the injection of regenerative cells into the brain to treat epileptic seizures. This experimental therapy, called NRTX-1001, has the potential to offer drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy patients a non-destructive cure for their seizures.

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·July 3, 2023·7 min read

Hidden Brain Circuit Linking Lesion Locations to Epilepsy

Researchers discovered a shared brain circuit that may link diverse lesion locations that cause epilepsy. The study, which analyzed data from over 1,500 patients with brain lesions, utilized a technique called lesion network mapping.

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·March 13, 2023·4 min read

Epilepsy Could Become Easier to Pinpoint With Blood Test

Higher levels of immune proteins are present in the blood both before and after an epileptic seizure. Researchers say the biomarkers can be identified via a simple blood test.

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·March 6, 2023·3 min read

The Mozart Effect Myth: Listening to Music Does Not Help Against Epilepsy

Researchers say there is no reliable scientific evidence to support the claim that listening to Mozart's Sonata KV448 can provide relief from symptoms of epilepsy as previously claimed.

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·March 1, 2023·4 min read

Seizures Can Be Predicted More Than 30 Minutes Before Onset in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Using EEG technology, researchers were able to detect pathological brain activity associated with seizures up to thirty minutes before a seizure occurred in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. The ability to detect seizure activity early could allow for the modulation of affected brain regions as a therapeutic option.

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·February 28, 2023·4 min read

Social Deficits and Seizures in Autism Type Tied to Overexcited Brain Circuits

A genetic subtype of ASD and schizophrenia have a duplicate gene that triggers overactivity in neural circuits, leading to social deficits and seizures. When researchers reduced the level of the PRRT2 gene in mouse models of 16p11.2 duplication syndrome, social behaviors were restored and seizure activity decreased.

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·February 27, 2023·3 min read

AI Tool May Speed Screening of Epilepsy Drugs in Mice

Artificial intelligence was able to determine different behavioral phenotypes at different stages in the development of epilepsy in mice.

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·February 13, 2023·5 min read

Study Reveals How CBD Counters Epileptic Seizures

Cannabidiol, or CBD, blocks the ability of lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI) to amplify neural signals in the hippocampus. LPI weakens the signals that counter seizures, further explaining the value of CBD to treat epilepsy.

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·January 29, 2023·4 min read

Fear of Public Places Is Common in Adults With Epilepsy

Phobic and agoraphobic symptoms are common in those with epilepsy and result in a poorer quality of life.

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·January 24, 2023·3 min read

New Clues About the Development of Epilepsy

The activation of dentate granule cells in the hippocampus plays a key role in alterations that occur during the development of post-traumatic epilepsy.

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·January 10, 2023·3 min read

The Neuronal Basis of Impaired Consciousness in Absence Epilepsy

During absence seizures, most neurons showed decreased activity. This, researchers say, explains the decrease in brain function and impaired consciousness during an absence epilepsy seizure.

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Epilepsy

How Live Viola Music Calms Epilepsy Patients

Pioneering Stem Cell Therapy Offers New Hope for Epilepsy Treatment

Hidden Brain Circuit Linking Lesion Locations to Epilepsy

Epilepsy Could Become Easier to Pinpoint With Blood Test

The Mozart Effect Myth: Listening to Music Does Not Help Against Epilepsy

Seizures Can Be Predicted More Than 30 Minutes Before Onset in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

AI Tool May Speed Screening of Epilepsy Drugs in Mice

Study Reveals How CBD Counters Epileptic Seizures

New Clues About the Development of Epilepsy

The Neuronal Basis of Impaired Consciousness in Absence Epilepsy

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