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Epilepsy drugs could treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
The study, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Neurodegeneration, found that neurons in the brain were protected after treatment with T-type calcium-channel blockers, whic...
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Read moreDiscovery of enzyme structure points way to creating less toxic anti-HIV drugs
Their work was published this week in Cell. "Many anti-HIV drugs are designed to stop the process of DNA replication," says Dr. Whitney Yin, assistant professor of chemistry and bioc...
Life Sciences | Read moreStudy may explain how a well-known epilepsy and pain drug works
The finding may also point to new therapies for brain injury and neuropathic pain.The role of neurons in the brain and nervous system is well known, but astrocytes, a different type of brain c...
Life Sciences | Read moreNew Guidelines Identify Best Treatments to Help ALS Patients Live Longer, Easier
“While we are waiting for a cure, people need to know that a lot can be done to make life easier and longer for people with ALS,” said lead guidelines author Robert G. Miller, MD, with the Department ...
Health and Medicine | Read moreStudy pinpoints key mechanism in brain development, raising question about use of anti-seizure drug
This discovery, based on experiments in cell culture and in mice, could advance scientists' understanding of how young children's brains develop as well as point to new approaches toward cou...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreGene mutation causes severe epilepsy, febrile seizures in thousands of infants worldwide
University of Utah medical researchers have identified a gene with mutations that cause febrile seizures and contribute to a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome in some of the most vulner...
Life Sciences | Read moreMarine biomedicine researchers decode structure of promising sea compound
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and their colleagues at Creighton University have deciphered the highly unusual molecular structure of a naturally produced, ocean-bas...
Life Sciences | Read moreChildren with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy at Risk for Cognitive Problems
“Our study highlights the importance of testing children with epilepsy for possible cognitive problems soon after they are diagnosed with epilepsy in order to avoid these issues affecting them later i...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreMarine microbes creating green waves in industry
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) in collaboration with Edinburgh based company Ingenza Ltd are searching for new enzymes for use as manufacturing tools in the...
Life Sciences | Read moreEpilepsy halted in mice
The study is published today in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). It offers, for the first time, irrefutable proof that a faulty version of a gene known as Atp1a3 ...
Life Sciences | Read moreSt. Jude scientists discover a new mechanism controlling neuronal migration
The molecular machinery that helps brain cells migrate to their correct place in the developing brain has been identified by scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The findi...
Life Sciences | Read moreStudy pinpoints drugs that prevent epilepsy, seizures after severe brain injury
Drugs that block a growth factor receptor on brain cells may prevent epilepsy after brain damage, according to a new study appearing in the July 15 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.Daniela...
Health and Medicine | Read moreSingle gene mutation responsible for 'catastrophic epilepsy'
The BCM department of neurology team replicated the defect in mice, developing a mouse model of the disease that could help researchers figure out effective treatments for and new approaches to curing...
Life Sciences | Read moreLearning from locusts
A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions.Queen's Uni...
Life Sciences | Read moreDepression may increase Alzheimer's risk in people with memory problems
Researchers also found, however, that the popular Alzheimer's drug donepezil may help delay the progression to Alzheimer's in depressed individuals who suffer from mild cognitive impairment ...
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