World Congress on Epilepsy and Brain Disorders

Specific Set of Nerve Cells Control Seizures Epilepsy is a complex disease with diverse clinical characteristics that preclude a singular mechanism. One way to gain insight into potential mechanisms is to reduce the features of epilepsy to its basic components: seizures, epileptogenesis , and the state of recurrent unprovoked seizures that defines epilepsy itself. The difference between seizures and epilepsy is commonly confused. The two are not the same. Epilepsy is defined by a state of recurrent, spontaneous seizures. If one seizure occurs in an individual, it may not necessarily mean that they have epilepsy because the seizure may have been provoked and that individual may never have a seizure again. Reviewing some of the basic principles in neurobiology can provide a framework to understand the mechanisms of ·          seizures ·          Epileptogenesis ·     ...

Epidiolex (cannabidiol) Vs FDA Brand name:  Epidiolex                                          Generic name: cannabidiol            Company: GW Pharmaceuticals plc Treatment for: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome Epidiolex (cannabidiol) is a cannabinoid product in development for the treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) and Dravet syndrome. Marijuana-derived drug for epilepsy gets FDA committee recommendation Epidiolex, an oral solution, for the treatment of serious types of epilepsy. The FDA has endorsed engineered variants of some cannabinoid chemicals found in the marijuana plant for different purposes, including tumor relief from discomfort. Cannabidiol, additionally called CBD, is one of in excess of 80 dynamic cannabinoid chemicals. Epidiolex, GW's lead...

   Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) also causes Seizures One of the issues that can happen after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is seizures. Most seizures occur in the initial a few days or weeks after brain injury. Some may happen months or years after the damage. Around 70-80% of individuals who have seizures are helped by drugs, and can come back to normal exercises. Once in a while, seizures can aggravate you much or even reason passing. Seizures can occur in 1 to 5 of each ten individuals who have had a TBI, contingent upon where the damage happened in the brain. The seizure as a rule happens where there is a scar in the brain as an outcome of the damage. Amid a seizure there is a sudden unusual electrical aggravation in the mind that results in at least one of the accompanying manifestations: Strange movement of your head, body, arms, legs, or eyes, such as stiffening or shaking Unresponsiveness and staring Chewing, lip smacking, ...