Sentences with phrase «in epileptic patients»

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).

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.

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.

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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.

After all, epileptic seizures are hypersynchronized discharges that engulf the entire cortex in massive rhythmic activity that renders the patient unconscious.

Patients with epilepsy often have ECoG arrays temporarily implanted in their brains to determine the location in the brain of epileptic seizures, so the scientists were able to study all the data collected from five such patients on healthy, seizure - freePatients with epilepsy often have ECoG arrays temporarily implanted in their brains to determine the location in the brain of epileptic seizures, so the scientists were able to study all the data collected from five such patients on healthy, seizure - freepatients on healthy, seizure - free nights.

«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.»

Fried led an international team in studying 12 UCLA epileptic patients who had electrodes implanted in their brains in order to pinpoint the origin of their seizures prior to surgery.

They have tested the system — which could also help patients who suffer from severe epileptic seizures — in rats and are now planning to begin human trials.

Distinct from epileptic seizures, IEDs can impair memory in epilepsy patients.

Surgery to remove areas of the brain associated with epileptic activity can help prevent seizures in these patients.

Triheptanoin is an investigational medicine being developed by Ultragenyx Pharmaceuticals for patients with fatty - acid metabolism disorders and Glucose Transporter Type 1 Deficiency Syndrome, which leads to epileptic seizures in young children.

Due to the build - up of toxic glycogen clumps in neurons and other cell types, patients with this disease commonly experience severe epileptic seizures, motor impairment, muscle spasms, and dementia.

More animal studies would be needed to move this drug toward human clinical trials, but «what we hope is that we could use this drug to intervene in patients who have had an episode of prolonged seizures and give it to them briefly following that episode to protect them from becoming epileptic,» said James McNamara, M.D., a professor in the departments of neurobiology and neurology at Duke University.

Since then more than 100 of his epileptic patients with electrodes implanted in their brains for diagnostic purposes have volunteered as subjects for basic research.

But it wasn't until May this year that researchers measured the firing of mirror neurons in humans directly, using electrodes implanted in the brains of epileptic patients awaiting surgery (Current Biology, vol 20, p 750).

Electrodes implanted deep in the brains of epileptic patients have detected single neurons dedicated to the recognition of a particular person in different situations and guises.

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.

In this photograph, an epileptic patient is implanted with depth electrodes to localize the seizure onset zone for possible resection.

Persinger was inspired in part by the Canadian neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield, who studied epileptic patients in the 1950s.

These unexpected findings may be related to the epileptic phenotype of many pedigrees of patients with early - onset familial AD and to the hyperactivation of neuronal networks in patients with sporadic AD and amyloid - positive nondemented subjects.

«The faster decline in Alzheimer patients with epileptic activity is consistent with findings we previously obtained in animal models,» said Mucke.

A recent clinical study that emerged from their research revealed epileptic activity in roughly 40 % of Alzheimer patients tested.

These findings are probably related to the epileptic phenotype of many pedigrees of patients with early - onset familial AD and to the hyperactivation of neuronal networks in patients with sporadic AD and amyloid - positive nondemented subjects.

We implemented a rare variant transmission disequilibrium test (TDT) to search for autosomal recessive epileptic encephalopathy genes in a cohort of 320 outbred patient - parent trios that were generally prescreened for rare metabolic disorders.

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.

The most commonly accepted theory among scientists as to why keto works for epileptic patients is that on the diet the number of ketones in the body spike.

These fats are often used by epileptic patients on a ketogenic diet, in order to increase ketone levels while allowing for a bit more carbs in the diet (2).

Results show that epileptic patients who follow a ketogenic diet showed considerable improvements in endurance, activity levels, comprehension, and attention.

In ketosis, the body is fueled by fat (ketone bodies) rather than glucose (carbohydrates)-- this helps epileptic patients by changing the metabolism of the brain, and the same changes might be beneficial for migraneurs.

Head tremors often are confused with epileptic seizures; in these cases the patient is prescribed phenobarbital.

She was engaged in assisting to restrain and pacify a patient undergoing an epileptic fit.