Sentences with phrase «in epileptic»

Dorit Straus, vice president and worldwide fine - art manager at Chubb, received a claim for a large Abstract Expressionist painting that had been damaged when a cat urinated on it while spinning in the air in an epileptic fit.

Many of us have seen dogs helping blind people and many have heard of dogs that feel when a seizure in an epileptic person is about to occur and then protect them from injury.

The frequency of convulsions in a epileptic pet can vary greatly.

Kantrowitz LB, Peterson, ME, Trepanier LA, Melián C, Nichols R: Serum total thyroxine, total triiodothyronine, free thyroxine, and thyrotropin concentrations in epileptic dogs treated with anticonvulsants.

So it is probably only a matter of time until we will be able to see what the physical problem actually is in your epileptic pet.

(ref) That physician also experiments with ketogenic diets in epileptic rats.

Seizures in epileptic dogs will have no relationship to whether the dog did or did not have those drugs, unless the dog is both epileptic and MDR1.

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.

Dr. Samantha Vitale, a veterinarian completing a residency in neurology at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana, is currently doing preliminary research on epilepsy, comparing serum levels of trace nutrients in epileptic dogs with serum levels in healthy dogs.

The frequency of seizures in a epileptic pet can vary greatly.

They have found the genetic defect in some neurologic diseases such as Border Terrier's leukoid encephalopathy, Ridgebacks that start with twitching, and syndromic epilepsy, a neonatal epilepsy in Standard Poodle but there had been so much pleomorphism in epileptic dog's GWASP.

Answer: Most of the time we don't what triggers a seizure in epileptic dogs.

Even brown rice and oats can sometimes cause problems in epileptic dogs, so a limited - ingredient formula is even better.

Fortunately, seizures in epileptic dogs can often be regulated with medications and / or dietary changes.

But I actually think the trackpad is a kind of crutch anyway, due to the fact that you need to remember to press the cursor key once only, just like a screen gesture — switching between a cursor pad on my Windows notebook and my Android tablet would drive me slowly insane, or at least my fingers will eventually shut down in epileptic fits.

Moreover, in 7 % of the children with the ketogenic diet, there was an amazing 90 % reduction in epileptic seizures [1].

Because the fatty acids in coconut oil get shipped to the liver and turned into ketones, they are often used in epileptic patients to induce ketosis while allowing for a bit more carbs in the diet (13, 14).

In fact, in addition to weight loss, the most common side effects in epileptic patients following a ketogenic diet is menstrual dysfunction (5).

For example, we have results in epileptic children.

Developed in the 1920's to improve brain function in epileptic children, it fell out of popularity when anticonvulsant drugs hit the market.

At the time, it was the only successful way to reduce seizures in epileptic children and remained so until the 20th century.

Using the medium - chain triglycerides found in coconut oil can induce ketosis making it a very effective in reducing the rate of seizures in epileptic children (9).

Treats epilepsy and seizures: Not only has CBD - enriched cannabis been studied for its incredible ability to reduce seizures in epileptic children; a later study observed the effects of a particular CBD extract on cases of treatment - resistant epilepsy.

Bottom Line: The MCTs in coconut oil can increase blood concentration of ketone bodies, which can help reduce seizures in epileptic children.

Gut microbiota structure in epileptic infants (P1 group) differed dramatically from that in the healthy infants (healthy group).

Cronobacter, a pathogen that leads to meningitis and seizures, was dominant in the epileptic group prior to KD treatment, but then assumed a lower level equivalent to the healthy group.

MCTs have been used to induce ketosis in epileptic children without restricting carbs as drastically as the classic ketogenic diet.

And, they — they've actually been looking at this with Epilepsy too, «cause really, ultimately, we know that Ketogenic Diet's been well studied in Epileptic kids to reduce this Neuro inflammasome and a pr — to create better balance between the Excitatory Neurotransmitter Glutamate and GABA.

However, at least in epileptic children, the latest research on stone formation on ketogenic diets suggests a citrate supplement can minimize this risk.

She is exploring new strategies that block the pathogenic loops that can emerge between the cortical and subcortical brain regions in epileptic models.

The team identified eight new genes involved in this type of epilepsy thanks to their use of whole - genome sequencing, which had never been done before in an epileptic study of this scope.

The lower level of spermine in the epileptic rat's brain was evidently caused by an upregulation of spermidine / spermine - N (1)- acetyltransferase.

«Statistics method shows networks differ in epileptic brains: Scientists develop novel method to study brain connections in epilepsy.»

Extended imaging sessions at UCLA allowed the statisticians to model links between structures in epileptic patients» brains and to compare them either individually or collectively with each other and with the controls.

To investigate this connection, Freiburg neurobiologist Prof. Dr. Carola Haas and her team compared gene expression in malformed brain tissue with that in epileptic, non-malformed tissue.

He embedded one macroelectrode in Danny's hippocampus, a region that underpins memory and is often implicated in epileptic seizures.

The reason behind the abnormal metabolic profile in epileptic tissue remains unknown and needs to be studied further, said Loeb.

«Previous studies have used magnetic resonance spectroscopy to look at single metabolites in epileptic brain tissue, but ours is the first to use high strength magnets to look at multiple metabolites simultaneously,» Loeb said.

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.

«Using a genetic method, we inhibited MTF1 in the epileptic mice and as a result, the seizures in the animals were much rarer and weaker,» says lead author Dr. Karen M.J. van Loo who is conducting research in the team working with Prof. Becker.

«This may point to a greater plasticity in the epileptic tissue, which to some extent can be compared to the brain tissue of a newborn,» continues Milos Pekny.

Their hypothesis was borne out by a comparison to similar neuronal death in epileptic animals versus healthy ones.

Primidone and phenobarbital during lactation period in epileptic women: total and free drug serum levels in the nursed infants and their effects on neonatal behavior.

I saw the tracks they left on the highways, lying on the floor of freight trains, the parents in rags, the coal box empty, the sink running over, the walls sweating and between the cold beads of sweat the cockroaches running like mad; I saw them hobbling along like twisted gnomes or falling backwards in the epileptic frenzy....

Vitamin D can improve seizure control in epileptics, relieve memory loss and confusion in Alzheimer's patients, and protect against age - related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness.

Additional concerns with sugar alcohols stem from the fact that they seem to increase the frequency of seizures in epileptics, and children are especially sensitive to the gastrointestinal side effects, possibly due to their propensity for bingeing on sweet foods.

Not exact matches

«In more recent times, this opinion has found support from the fact that sight impediment - including temporary blindness lasting from several hours to several days - has been observed as being a symptom or result of an epileptic seizure and has been mentioned in many case reports.&raquIn more recent times, this opinion has found support from the fact that sight impediment - including temporary blindness lasting from several hours to several days - has been observed as being a symptom or result of an epileptic seizure and has been mentioned in many case reports.&raquin many case reports.»

Simultaneously there arose in my mind the image of an epileptic patient whom I had seen in the asylum, a black - haired youth with greenish skin, entirely idiotic, who used to sit all day on one of the benches, or rather shelves against the wall, with his knees drawn up against his chin, and the coarse gray undershirt, which was his only garment, drawn over them inclosing his entire figure.

Following this in Matthew and Luke is the healing of the epileptic boy (Matthew 17:14 - 21 and Luke 9:37 - 43); and a second prediction of his death by Jesus (17:22 - 23 and 9:43 - 45).

The concern of the prophets and the Lord Jesus Christ for the epileptic, the demoniac, the anxious, and the fear - ridden provided both model and motivation for this effort to teach ministers about the contemporary ministry to people in mental illness.