Easy Saliva Test May Help Track Epilepsy Medicine
This study looked at a simpler way to measure perampanel levels in saliva for therapeutic drug monitoring in people with epilepsy.
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Devices & Neuromodulation | Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Imaging & EEG | New Studies | Status Epilepticus
Rare Alcohol-Related Seizure Syndrome Can Become Life-Threatening
This paper looked at a rare condition called Subacute Encephalopathy with Seizures in Alcoholics (SESA).
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Piriform Cortex Removal Did Not Predict Seizure Freedom
Researchers looked at whether the extent of resection of a brain area called the piriform cortex during temporal lobe epilepsy surgery was associated with postoperative seizure freedom.
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Better Mood And Confidence May Improve Epilepsy Self-Care
Researchers looked at whether changes in depressive symptoms, epilepsy self-efficacy, and perceived stigma helped explain the association between a program called SMART and epilepsy self-management.
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Rare ASAH1 Disorder Causes Seizures Weakness And Joint Problems
This report described 4 children from 3 families who had a rare inherited condition linked to pathogenic variations in the ASAH1 gene.
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Early Seizures May Affect Brain Wiring In Newborns
This study looked at whether the brain’s white matter differs in term newborns with genetic epilepsy in the neonatal period.
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Better Epilepsy Care For Adults With Developmental Disabilities
This paper is a seminar-style review about epilepsy care in adults with intellectual developmental disorders (IDD).
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SLC6A1 Disorder Review Covers Symptoms And New Treatments
This paper was a scoping review, which means the authors gathered and summarized published research rather than testing a treatment in one new group of patients.
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New Tool May Help Predict Valproate Success In Epilepsy
Researchers developed and independently validated a computer model to estimate whether a person with epilepsy would respond to valproic acid (VPA), a common first-line antiseizure medicine.
