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Scientists fish for new epilepsy model and reel in potential drug<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Tuesday, September 3, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by NIH, National Institutes of Health<\/a> <\/div>\n

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According to new research on epilepsy, zebrafish have certainly earned their stripes. Results of a study in Nature Communications suggest that zebrafish carrying a specific mutation may help researchers discover treatments for Dravet syndrome (DS), a severe form of pediatric epilepsy that results in drug-resistant seizures and developmental delays.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Global Team Identifies New Genes Behind Severe Childhood Epilepsy<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Monday, August 12, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of California- San Francisco<\/a> <\/div>\n

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A large-scale, international study on the genes involved in epilepsy has uncovered 25 new mutations on nine key genes behind a devastating form of the disorder during childhood.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Nerve cells can work in different ways with same result<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Monday, July 1, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Missouri-Columbia<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Doctors’ ability to predict which drugs will work with individual patients may be influenced by recent University of Missouri research that found seemingly identical neurons can behave the same even though they are built differently under the surface.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Targeting an aspect of Down syndrome<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, June 5, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Michigan<\/a> <\/div>\n

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University of Michigan researchers have determined how a gene that is known to be defective in Down syndrome is regulated and how its dysregulation may lead to neurological defects, providing insights into potential therapeutic approaches to an aspect of the syndrome.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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New imaging techniques used to help patients suffering from epilepsy<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, May 23, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Canadian Association for Neuroscience<\/a> <\/div>\n

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The combination of electroencephalogram (EEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) leads to more precise localization of the areas generating epileptic seizures, giving neurosurgeons a better understanding of the optimal ways of intervention, if appropriate. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Enhanced motion perception in autism may point to an underlying cause of the disorder<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, May 8, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Rochester<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to a fundamental cause of the developmental disorder, according to a new study.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Geneticists find causes for severe childhood epilepsies<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Tuesday, May 7, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Arizona<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Researchers at the University of Arizona have successfully determined the genetic mutations causing severe epilepsies in seven out of 10 children for whom the cause of the disorder could not be determined clinically or by conventional genetic testing.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Human Brain Cells Developed in Lab, Grow in Mice<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Tuesday, May 7, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of California – San Francisco<\/a> <\/div>\n

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A key type of human brain cell developed in the laboratory grows seamlessly when transplanted into the brains of mice, UC San Francisco researchers have found.<\/p>\n

The discovery suggests that these cells might one day be used to treat people with Parkinsons disease, epilepsy and possibly even Alzheimers disease, as well as and complications of spinal cord injury such as chronic pain and spasticity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Epilepsy cured in mice using brain cells<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Sunday, May 5, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of California, San Francisco<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Epilepsy that does not respond to drugs can be halted in adult mice by transplanting a specific type of cell into the brain, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered, raising hope that a similar treatment might work in severe forms of human epilepsy.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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NIH study uses Botox to find new wrinkle in brain communication<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, May 2, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by National Institutes of Health<\/a> <\/div>\n

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National Institutes of Health researchers used the popular anti-wrinkle agent Botox to discover a new and important role for a group of molecules that nerve cells use to quickly send messages. This novel role for the molecules, called SNARES, may be a missing piece that scientists have been searching for to fully understand how brain cells communicate under normal and disease conditions.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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