Epilepsy - Apr 29, 2024 - Exploring how gene variants affect brain cells in children with severe epilepsy

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	Exploring how gene variants affect brain cells in children with severe epilepsy Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes recurring seizures.

	Exploring the potential of ketogenic diets in managing epilepsy The mechanisms of action, efficacy, and side effects of ketogenic diet (KD) variations in epileptic patients.

			Astrocytes found to play pivotal role in epileptic neuronal hyperactivity Epilepsy, where patients suffer from unexpected seizures, affects roughly 1% of the population. These seizures often involve repetitive and excessive neuronal firing, with the trigger behind this still poorly understood.

			Study reveals how genetic changes in SCN2A gene impact autism and epilepsy A genetic change or variant in a gene called SCN2A is a known cause of infantile seizures, autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, as well as a wide range of other moderate-to-profound impairments in mobility, communication, eating and vision.

	Epilepsy drug prevents brain tumor formation and growth in mouse models of NF1 A drug used to treat children with epilepsy prevents brain tumor formation and growth in two mouse models of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

	Astrocytes identified as key trigger for epileptic seizures Epilepsy, where patients suffer from unexpected seizures, affects roughly 1% of the population.

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