Posts by: Malika Ammam, PhD

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Researchers at New York University, in collaboration with Peking University and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, recently developed a high-precision electrode implant called ‘’NeuroGrids’’ that has potential applications ... Read more

June 23, 2016June 23, 2016

UK Guide, ‘Epilepsy In Pregnancy,’ Addresses Unmet Needs in Treatment and Care

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The first edition of a new guide called “Epilepsy In Pregnancy,” written for both women and healthcare professionals, offers recommendations for the treatment and care of expectant mothers with epilepsy. It was recently ... Read more

June 6, 2016

Seizure Supression for Epilepsy Patients with Focal Cortical Dysplasia May Require Steady, Life-Long Treatment

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Researchers at Yale University School of Medicine and Wesleyan University investigated the occurrence of epileptic seizures in rat model induced focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and identified key mechanisms in seizure activity and control. ... Read more

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016

Epilepsy Research with Dogs, Humans, Algorithms May Lead to Seizure Forecasting

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More than 500 teams of data scientists worldwide participated recently in a competition that examined hundreds of hours of recorded brain electrical activities in two people and five dogs prior to and during ... Read more

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016

Celecoxib Could Treat Epilepsy, Study Suggests

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Researchers at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, found that the drug celecoxib might be useful for the treatment of epilepsy. The findings, from the study ... Read more