People with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) develop tumors on nerves throughout their bodies. Researchers have discovered that nerve cells with the mutation that causes NF1 are hyperexcitable and that ...

Researchers have found that the parasympathetic nervous system modulates breathing and slows the heart rate of sleeping children with epilepsy substantially more than in healthy children. The finding ...

Christina Westra is on a quest to dispel an assortment of myths that stalk people with epilepsy. Some frequently mentioned ones include epilepsy patients are contagious, mentally ill, violent or ...

Epilepsy is a chronic, central nervous system or neurological disorder wherein the brain activity becomes impaired, leading to seizures. In some cases, it leads to periods of unusual behavior, loss of ...

CLEVELAND, March 9 (UPI) --Researchers found they can detect epilepsy based on changes to heart activity, even in the absence of seizures, according to a new study. Case Western University researchers ...

A fruit fly is a pretty tiny bug. They buzz around old bananas making a buzzing pest of themselves and don’t offer much value. Except in the study of neuroscience. Fruit flies, also known as ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Epilepsy - Pipeline Review, H1 2020" drug pipelines has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Summary This latest Pharmaceutical and Healthcare disease ...

MIDDLEBURG, Va., and DENVER, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Epilepsy Therapy Project (ETP), a non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate new therapies for people living with ...

People with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) develop tumors on nerves throughout their bodies. These tumors are usually benign — meaning they don’t spread to other parts of the body and are not ...

Doctors have long characterized epilepsy as a brain disorder, but researchers at Case Western Reserve University have found that part of the autonomic nervous system functions differently in epilepsy ...