Using mouse models, the investigative team, led by Chunling Chen, M.D., and Yukun Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., in the lab of Lori Isom, Ph.D., of the Department of Pharmacology at the Medical School, tested a ...

When Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died in 2019, his death was ruled a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, otherwise known as SUDEP. Boyce, then 20, experienced his first seizure at almost 17 ...

A study published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology indicates that newborns experiencing such neonatal seizures face an elevated risk of developing epilepsy. For the study, investigators ...

Recent research takes aim at the a variant in gene SCN1B, which causes a severe form of developmental epileptic encephalopathy.

Feb. 19, 2025 — New research focuses on diagnostic delays experienced by people with epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by unpredictable seizures that affects over 3 million people ...

Organized in 1986, the UAB Epilepsy Center is an effort of the Department of Neurology in conjunction with UAB Hospital to offer clinical, research, and education services to patients with epilepsy.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The study identifies the P2X7 receptor as a crucial factor in post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) development following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Blocking this ...

Using a range of genetically valid mouse models of epilepsy (or epilepsy risk), we employ state of the art home cage behavioral monitoring technology to understand how interictal behavior is directly ...