Sentences with phrase «detect epileptic seizures»

In the case of CHD2, scientists collaborating with the EuroEPINOMICS RES consortium used antisense technology to rapidly generate zebrafish larvae with a partial loss of function of this gene, and were then able to detect epileptic seizures in these animals using electrographic analysis (this method is very similar to electroencephalography, or EEG, which is used to analyze seizures in humans).

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An international competition using the wisdom of crowds has developed computer algorithms to detect, predict, and ultimately prevent epileptic seizures.

In addition to smelling ketones, Sanchez said that dogs might also have a «sixth sense» that can detect changes in electrical activity, which is how some dogs are able to warn epileptics before they have seizures.

Cats have detected the onset of epileptic seizures, thus informing and preparing their owners for a seizure that was about to happen.

Some believe that seizure - alert dogs detect seizures by paying attention to small changes in the epileptic person's biochemistry or by recognizing small, almost imperceptible muscle movements that take place before the actual seizure.

Researchers at Google are working on a contact lens that alerts diabetics to changes in their blood sugar levels and adjusts the required doses of insulin accordingly, sensors can detect the onset of a user's epileptic seizure, and the independently controlled robotic walking device launched last year by Rex Bionics could one day change the lives of wheelchair users.