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Intense abnormal activity in well-known brain networks that occurs early in a seizure may be the key to impaired consciousness in children with absence epilepsy, new research suggests. Results of a ...

The scientists used two preclinical models of absence epilepsy to test their hypothesis. Both models feature animals genetically predisposed to absence seizures that consistently and reliably develop ...

A particular structure in the brain is a "choke point" for a type of epileptic seizure that affects mostly children, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have found. The researchers ...

New contributions to the field of epilepsy have opened a window into the cellular events that occur in the brain during absence seizures. At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as ...

The areas of the cerebral cortex that are affected in mice with absence epilepsy have been pinpointed by research that also shows that transplanting embryonic neural cells into these areas can ...

Bright Minds Biosciences announces Phase 2 Clinical trial to evaluate BMB-101 in a group of drug-resistant epilepsy disorders with high unmet needs BMB-101 is a novel highly selective 5-HT2C agonist.

Absence seizures are characterized by sudden, brief, frequent periods of unconsciousness, which may be accompanied by automatic movements. They may occur alone, or may coexist with other types of ...

At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as absentminded, a daydreamer. The boy was having difficulty paying attention in class. As the teacher watched the boy closely, she realized ...

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