Rare Startle Disorder Often Mistaken For Epilepsy
This study looked at 16 children and young people in southern Turkey who had hyperekplexia, also called hereditary startle disease, a rare condition that is often mistaken for epilepsy.
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Fenofibrate Added To Seizure Medicines May Cut Seizures
This study tested whether fenofibrate, a drug usually used to lower blood fats, could help people with active epilepsy when added to their usual seizure medicines.
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How Long Should Seizure Medicine Continue After Meningitis
This study looked at how long anti-seizure medicine should be continued after seizures caused by acute meningitis.
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Full Benzodiazepine Doses May Better Stop Severe Seizures
This study looked at adults who came to one emergency department with status epilepticus, a seizure that does not stop on its own and needs urgent treatment.
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After-Seizure Signs May Help Pinpoint Where Seizures Start
This study was a systematic review, meaning the researchers combined results from many earlier studies.
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Family Education Helps Children With Epilepsy Take Medicine
This study looked at whether education programs can help children with epilepsy take their anti-seizure medicines more regularly.
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Gene Loss In Tadpoles Triggers Seizures And Brain Leaks
Researchers studied what happens when the AP3B2 gene stops working in a frog tadpole model.
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Understanding Abdominal Epilepsy In Children
This paper is a review article about abdominal epilepsy in children.
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Brain Region May Help Slow Seizures In Mice
This study looked at how a brain area called the perirhinal cortex (PRh) is involved in seizure progression in male mouse models of epilepsy.
