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How the brain stays receptive<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, January 9, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Ruhr-University Bochum<\/a> <\/div>\n

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The channel protein Pannexin1 keeps nerve cells flexible and thus the brain receptive for new knowledge. Together with colleagues from Canada and the U.S., researchers at the Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum led by the junior professor Dr. Nora Prochnow from the Department of Molecular Brain Research describe these results in PLoS ONE.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Brake on nerve cell activity after seizures discovered<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, December 19, 2012<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio<\/a> <\/div>\n

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A major finding of the study is that selected genes get switched on during and after a seizure, sending swarms of signals to reduce uncontrolled firing of nerve cells. A medication that amplifies this response after a person’s initial seizure could thus prevent recurrent seizures and the onset of devastating epilepsy.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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High-throughput sequencing shows potentially hundreds of gene mutations related to autism<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, December 19, 2012<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by The Mount Sinai Hospital \/ Mount Sinai School of Medicine<\/a> <\/div>\n

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“HTS shows us that there are not just a few mutations, but potentially hundreds of mutations that are linked to autism,” said Dr. Buxbaum. “By identifying the many genetic roots of this disorder, we can better understand its biology, which in turn will allow us to develop more tailored treatments for individuals. It is a transformative time for genetic research in autism.”<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Surprising results from study of non-epileptic seizures<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Sunday, December 2, 2012<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Loyola University Health System<\/a> <\/div>\n

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A Loyola University Medical Center neurologist is reporting surprising results of a study of patients who experience both epileptic and non-epileptic seizures.<\/span><\/p>\n

Non-epileptic seizures resemble epileptic seizures, but are not accompanied by abnormal electrical discharges. Rather, these seizures are believed to be brought on by psychological stresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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A 3-D light switch for the brain<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Monday, November 19, 2012<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Optical Society of America<\/a> <\/div>\n

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A new tool for neuroscientists delivers a thousand pinpricks of light to a chunk of gray matter smaller than a sugar cube. The new fiber-optic device, created by biologists and engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, is the first tool that can deliver precise points of light to a 3-D section of living brain tissue. The work is a step forward for a relatively new but promising technique that uses gene therapy to turn individual brain cells on and off with light.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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MRI and EEG could identify children at risk for epilepsy after febrile seizures<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, November 7, 2012<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by NIH\/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Seizures during childhood fever are usually benign, but when prolonged, they can foreshadow an increased risk of epilepsy later in life. Now a study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that brain imaging and recordings of brain activity could help identify the children at highest risk. The study reveals that within days of a prolonged fever-related seizure, some children have signs of acute brain injury, abnormal brain anatomy, altered brain activity, or a combination.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Protein regulation linked to intellectual disability<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, October 25, 2012<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Adelaide <\/a> <\/div>\n

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While many intellectual disabilities are caused directly by a genetic mutation in the so-called “protein coding” part of our genes, the researchers found that in their case the answer laid outside the gene and in the regulation of proteins.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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New treatments for epilepsy, behavioral disorders could result from Wayne State studies<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, October 11, 2012<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Wayne State University<\/a> <\/div>\n

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The project brings together researchers from different fields to create an interdisciplinary research program that targets the complex disease, with two primary goals: improving clinical care and creating novel strategies for diagnosis and treatment of patients with epilepsy.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Transplantation of Embryonic Neurons Raises Hope for Treating Brain Diseases<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, October 11, 2012<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of California – San Francisco<\/a> <\/div>\n

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The unexpected survival of embryonic neurons transplanted into the brains of newborn mice in a series of experiments at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) raises hope for the possibility of using neuronal transplantation to treat diseases like Alzheimers, epilepsy, Huntingtons, Parkinsons and schizophrenia.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Animal research suggests new treatment target for epilepsy<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Tuesday, July 5, 2005<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Through studies in animals, the researchers learned more about the possible brain pathways involved in absence, or petit mal, seizures and tested a drug that revealed a potential new target for blocking seizures before they spread.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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