Pulses of light show promise in controlling seizures
In what could one day become a new treatment for epilepsy, researchers at UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz and ...
Tag: Epilepsy
Drug repurposing offers hope for SYNGAP1 patients
The SynGAP Research Fund 501(c)(3) has awarded a pair of grants to Dr. Clement Chow, a geneticist and Associate Professor ...
Study provides new insights into the molecular causes of rare, fatal hereditary disease
A study entitled "IER3IP1-mutations cause microcephaly by selective inhibition of ER-Golgi transport", now published in the open access journal "Cellular ...
Researchers unlock potential of light-controlled cellular activities
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have succeeded in elucidating the structure of specific photoreceptors. With their help, it ...
Deletion of long non-coding RNA linked to rare neurodevelopmental disorder
When a gene produces too much protein, it can have devastating consequences on brain development and function. Patients with an ...
New prediction model helps identify epilepsy risk after stroke
Researchers from 15 countries, led by Amsterdam UMC, have developed a way to predict which patients are at risk of ...
Researchers seek to revolutionize neurological disease treatment through intelligent biocomputing
With newly awarded funding from the National Science Foundation, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the Keck School ...
Understanding brain coupling in conversations through linguistic context
When two people interact, their brain activity becomes synchronized, but it was unclear until now to what extent this "brain-to-brain ...
Small molecule discovery offers hope for treatment of Angelman syndrome
Angelman syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the maternally-inherited UBE3A gene and characterized by poor muscle ...
Ketogenic diet improves metabolic and mental health in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients, study finds
In a recent study published in the journal Psychiatry Research, a group of researchers evaluated the effects of a ketogenic ...
