Keto Diet Helped Some Babies With Spasms
This study looked at the ketogenic diet, a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, in 74 children with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS).
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Devices & Neuromodulation | Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | New Studies | Status Epilepticus
Brain Monitoring Shows Delayed Seizures After Partial Surgery
This report looked at one person with hard-to-control temporal lobe epilepsy who had part of the hippocampus removed in surgery.
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Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | New Studies | Pediatrics | Safety & First Aid | Status Epilepticus
Stiripentol May Help Some Children With Severe Epilepsy
This paper reviewed research on stiripentol, a seizure medicine, in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, or DEEs.
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Antibody Blood Tests Found Little In Children With Epilepsy
This study looked at whether certain blood antibodies linked to the immune system could be found in children with focal epilepsy.
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Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | Imaging & EEG | Lifestyle & Sleep | New Studies | Pediatrics
Personalized Music May Improve Sleep And Well-Being
This study looked at whether personalized music played all night might help children with epilepsy.
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Brain Scan Shows Thalamus Changes During Drop Seizures
This case report looked at brain blood flow during myoclonic-atonic seizures in one child.
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How Overactive Brain Inhibition Can Still Trigger Seizures
Researchers studied a new mouse model carrying a change in the GABRB3 gene, called β3E77K, which has been found in two people with severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy.
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Roadmap To Prevent Epilepsy After Brain Injury
This paper did not test a new treatment in patients.
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Exercise May Boost Memory Signals In The Brain
This study looked at how a single session of exercise may change brain activity linked to memory.
