Tailored deep brain stimulation offers new hope for hard-to-treat epilepsy

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	Tailored deep brain stimulation offers new hope for hard-to-treat epilepsy Doctors and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a new treatment for epilepsy patients who don't respond to medication and aren't candidates for surgery. Their approach, published today in Nature Communications, uses deep brain stimulation (DBS) that is tailored to each patient's unique brain wiring.

	New European trial tests subcutaneous EEG technology for people with epilepsy A new clinical trial co-led by researchers at FutureNeuro and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences is investigating how advanced brain monitoring could improve the diagnosis and management of epilepsy.

			Caraway seeds inspire new seizure-fighting medicines A UNLV-led team of researchers has co-opted a common kitchen spice to create a new class of cannabidiol (CBD)-like medicines that show powerful seizure-reducing effects - offering a safer, more affordable, and more effective treatment for childhood seizure disorders than existing frontline therapies.

			New study offers hope for patients with treatment-resistant focal epilepsy About one-third of patients with focal epilepsy, a common form of the neurological disorder, are believed to respond poorly to available therapies.

			Sleep-like brain waves persist in isolated cortex of epilepsy patients Sleep-like slow-wave patterns persist for years in surgically disconnected neural tissue of awake epilepsy patients, according to a study published October 16th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Marcello Massimini from Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy, and colleagues.

	Nemours neurologist wins major NIH award to study hippocampal dysfunction in brain disorders Rodney Scott, MBChB, MRCP, DipStat, PhD, Division Chief of Neurology, Nemours Children's Health, Delaware Valley, has received a prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Transformative Research Award.

	New insight into TRPM3 heat sensor reveals how the body detects temperature The ability to sense heat protects the body from burns and injury. But how the body actually feels temperature has remained an elusive mystery.

	New mechanism behind potentially fatal type of epilepsy identified A team led by the UAB Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB) has for the first time identified the mechanism behind a potentially fatal type of epilepsy, a symptom of mitochondrial diseases.

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