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Up to 17,000 children in the UK with severe epilepsy are being denied a potentially life-changing treatment due to a lack of NHS funding, the MoS can reveal.Experts have called on the health service to pump more cash into wider use of the…

Researchers at Tohoku University have shown that astrocytes -- star-shaped glial cells that control the local ionic and metabotropic environment of the brain -- exhibit an acid response with REM sleep in mice. They theorize that the acid…

White Coat Black Art29:59The Road To YouThis First Person column is the experience of Julianne Hazlewood who is a CBC journalist and lives with epilepsy. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.I've often…

Researchers at Tohoku University have shown that astrocytes in the mouse brain exhibit an acid response with intensified epileptic seizures. The astrocytes' acid response could lead to the amplification of excitatory neuronal signals and be…

West syndrome, the most prevalent type of syndromic epileptic encephalopathy affecting infants, is a devastating and often fatal condition. It is characterized by a triad of symptoms -- seizures/spasms, a signature brain activity between…

Researchers from the UPF Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DTIC) propose a new method to differentiate signals from the epileptic focus from those recorded in other parts of the brain without the presence of an…

New evidence from a zebrafish model of epilepsy may help resolve a debate into how seizures originate, according to Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. The findings may also be useful in the discovery and…

Over the years, everyone loses a few brain cells. A study led by scientists from USC Stem Cell and the USC Neurorestoration Center presents evidence that adults can replenish at least some of what they've lost by generating new brain cells,…

Covid face masks contributed to death of epileptic man when junior NHS doctor misheard '15mg' as '50mg' before giving patient a fatal dose of anti-seizure drugMiscommunication between doctors was aggravated by mask use, coroner…

Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14 every year and it has gained popularity in the past years across the globe. But this year, February 14 also has another significance. This year, it is also the International Epilepsy Day. Since…