Posts by: Magdalena Kegel

Magdalena Kegel

Magdalena is a writer with a passion for bridging the gap between the people performing research, and those who want or need to understand it. She writes about medical science and drug discovery. She holds an MS in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and a PhD — spanning the fields of psychiatry, immunology, and neuropharmacology — from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.

January 23, 2017

Low Levels of Protein in Bipolar Disorder Triggers Epilepsy in Mice

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Researchers have found that low levels of a protein associated with bipolar disorder also triggers epileptic seizures in mice — a discovery that may explain some of the similarities between the two ... Read more

October 5, 2016

Evidence Mounts That Depression and Epileptic Seizures Are Linked

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Researchers have found further proof to support the notion that epilepsy and depression are linked, as a commonly used mouse model of depression also developed seizures. The study, “Olfactory Bulbectomy ... Read more

September 28, 2016

Gluten-free Diet Helped Epilepsy Patients with Celiac Disease Control Seizures

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A gluten-free diet in patients with epilepsy who have celiac disease completely prevented seizures in six out of seven patients, and allowed the seventh patient to reduce by half the ... Read more

September 12, 2016

Infant Epilepsy Caused by Clumping of Parkinson’s Protein, According to Australian Study

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Researchers have found that a protein known to cause epilepsy in infants does so by a trigger clumping the alpha-synuclein protein — a process causing brain toxicity that is more ... Read more

August 18, 2016

Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients Show Extensive Loss of Brain Volume

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Asymmetric reduction in the brain volume of certain areas in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy is linked to the duration of their epileptic condition, the frequency of seizures, and ... Read more

August 17, 2016

Epilepsy Researchers Make Strides with New Method of Mass-producing GABA Neurons

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Researchers collaborating across three institutions in Singapore managed to do what many before them have failed: to mass produce GABA neurons — those nerve cells acting as a brake on ... Read more

August 5, 2016

Microscopic Brain Changes in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Might Impact Cognition, Study Finds

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Using a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method, researchers from the Guangxi Medical University in China found that patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy have microscopic brain changes in the ... Read more

August 1, 2016

Epilepsy: Albumin in Brain, Impact on Neurons After Seizures May Drive Disease

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A protein called albumin, present in blood plasma, enters the brain and kills nerve cells after epileptic seizures, possibly contributing to speeding up the further development of epilepsy, according to ... Read more

July 27, 2016July 27, 2016

Gene Linked to Alzheimer’s Appears to Protect Against Epilepsy in Study

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Two genetic variants in the gene ADAM10, a gene linked to the Alzheimer’s protein amyloid-beta, appear to protect people from epilepsy, according to recent research from China. In addition to ... Read more

June 16, 2016

Molecular Brain Changes in Epileptic Animals Explains Stress-Induced Seizures

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Epilepsy changes how the brain reacts to stress – a research proven fact that explains why patients with epilepsy who experience stress and anxiety often end up in worse condition ... Read more