Seizures Following Head Trauma

New research reports on interventions that may alter the course of epilepsy diagnosis and management 12/05/08. New studies presented at the 62nd annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society will preview interventions that may alter the course of epilepsy diagnosis and management to improve the care of people living with this common neurological condition. These studies are among the hundreds of developments in the basic science and treatment of epilepsy and other seizure disorders being presented by thousands of scientists, researchers and clinicians at the conference.

New target discovered to treat epileptic seizures following brain trauma or stroke 12/05/08. New therapies for some forms of epilepsy may soon be possible, thanks to a discovery made by a team of University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute neuroscience researchers. The researchers found that hemichannels -- the same channels the researchers previously found to that cause cell death following a stroke -- may also cause epileptic seizures that occur following head trauma or a stroke. University of British Columbia
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