Electroencephalography / electromyography monitoring recorded no pathologic increase of cortical excitability or
epileptic activity.
Led by staff scientist Keith Vossel, MD, the team of researchers used sophisticated technologies to detect «subclinical»
epileptic activity (too subtle to be noticed on standard clinical exams) and showed that Alzheimer patients with such activity had a faster cognitive decline than those without.
Epileptic activity can also occur in aging - related neurodegenerative diseases.
A recent clinical study that emerged from their research revealed
epileptic activity in roughly 40 % of Alzheimer patients tested.
Dr. Paz seeks to improve this situation by investigating how
epileptic activity is initiated and maintained.
«The faster decline in Alzheimer patients with
epileptic activity is consistent with findings we previously obtained in animal models,» said Mucke.
«With this new biomarker, we should be able to detect very small regions of
epileptic activity — smaller than a single square centimeter — and we do it noninvasively,» Loeb said.
Network activity in the brain was also normalized, providing additional support for the remarkable ability of tau reduction to suppress
epileptic activity.
Surgery to remove areas of the brain associated with
epileptic activity can help prevent seizures in these patients.
Not exact matches
After all,
epileptic seizures are hypersynchronized discharges that engulf the entire cortex in massive rhythmic
activity that renders the patient unconscious.
«New analysis of brain network
activity offers unique insight into
epileptic seizures: Researchers are exploring «evolving
epileptic brain networks» to gain a better understanding of brain
activity in epilepsy patients and the roles played by different regions of the brain.»
This large - scale
epileptic network comprises various areas of the brain involved in normal brain
activity during both seizure - free intervals and those involved in so - called pathophysiological
activities such as seizures.
For instance, magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a neuroimaging technique used to map brain
activity and trace pathological abnormalities, such as
epileptic tissue.
Most recently, Fried studied the
activity of single neurons in the hippocampus and surrounding areas while
epileptics first watched television episodes and later recalled these episodes.
«Imaging scan records brain
activity during
epileptic a.» ScienceDaily.
Nicholas Steinmetz and colleagues found that some mice expressing the genetically - encoded calcium sensor GCaMP6 display brief bursts of electrical
activity, commonly observed in
epileptic patients and animal models.
They found that tissue with high levels of
epileptic electrical
activity was low in lactate and had higher levels of creatine, phosphocreatine and choline, suggestive of abnormal metabolism.
As part of this therapeutic surgery, both
epileptic and nearby regions with less or no
epileptic electrical
activity were also removed.
As with many other
epileptic syndromes, LKS children often resume normal brain
activity around age 15, when the brain cells are reaching toward maturation, perhaps spurred by hormonal change.
The research for the study was conducted on 19
epileptic patients at the UCLA Medical Center, who required invasive monitoring of brain
activity prior to potential surgical excision of seizure - causing areas of the brain.
In fact, Upton says, if the cycle of headaches — or seizures, for
epileptics — is broken, then the patient may «forget» the pattern of electrical
activity that leads to the symptoms.
«We might have some real insight into the advantages of dampening of synaptic
activity that is caused by fasting,» said Haghighi, for example, how fasting can be beneficial for
epileptic patients, who can experience reduced seizures when restricting calories.
Biological
activities of Lavender essential oil http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=21907890 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=10460442 Essential oils as a cause of breakthrough seizure after temporal lobectomy
Epileptic seizure induced by fennel essential oil.
Results show that
epileptic patients who follow a ketogenic diet showed considerable improvements in endurance,
activity levels, comprehension, and attention.
Epileptic seizures occur when there is too much neural
activity happening in the brain.
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.
However, if your pet is having seizure
activity for more than three minutes or one seizure rapidly after another, this is considered status
epileptics and is an emergency (i.e. drop what you are doing and rush to the vet).