Basic Science Editor: Sloka Iyengar PhD
The most recent publications are listed first under each heading.
Basic Epilepsy Research: What does it mean and what does it entail?
- What is Clinical Research?
- Immunohistochemistry in Epilepsy Research
- Introduction to Basic Epilepsy Research
- “Fishing” for an Epilepsy Cure
Techniques for Diagnosis
Novel Therapies and Biomarkers
- Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) in the Treatment of Epilepsy
- Report on Novel mTOR Inhibitor as a Potential Treatment
- Cyclic Patterns Found in Epileptic Seizures
- A New Epilepsy Target Discovered Thanks to Big Data Approach
- Cannabidiol Attenuates Seizures and Social Deficits in a Mouse Model of Dravet Syndrome
- Multi-day Rhythms Modulate Seizure Risk in Epilepsy
- Recent Studies on Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy
- Bursts of High-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS), Together with Lorazepam, Suppress Seizures in a Rat Kainate Status Epilepticus Model
- The Use of Stem Cell Therapy in Epilepsy
- Better Management of Brain Tumor-related Epilepsy
- A Potential New Therapy for Neonatal Seizures
- Stiripentol for Status Epilepticus
- Examining How Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Is Effective in Epilepsy
- A Potential, Novel Target for Anti-Epileptic Drugs
- Ketogenic Diet Found to be Effective in Children with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Febrile Seizures: A New Epilepsy Biomarker
- Lovastatin for Epilepsy?
- Quest for a Biomarker for Epilepsy
Comorbidites and Cardiac Dysfunction in Epilepsy
- Research Funded by the Epilepsy Foundation Sheds Light on the Role of Neurotransmitters in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
- Music, Epilepsy, and Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Exploring Brain Activity in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
- An Explanation for Sudden Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
- Animal Models to Study Association Between Epilepsy and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
- Stress is Associated with an Increased Risk of Recurrent Seizures in Adults
- Two Mechanisms that may Underlie Autism Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy
- Epilepsy and Autism
- Examining the Link between Depression and Epilepsy
- Understanding Cardiac Dysfunction in Epilepsy
Epilepsy Syndromes
- Basic Science Research with Spider Venom Increases Understanding of Dravet Syndrome
- Effect of Cannabidiol on Drop Seizures in the Lennox–Gastaut Syndrome
- Sturge Weber Syndrome
- Understanding Brain Tumor-related Epilepsy
- Dravet Syndrome: Focus on Epilepsy Basic Research
Mechanisms
- How Respiratory Viruses Can Affect the Brain
- From Genes to Epilepsies
- Understanding the Role of the Leaky Blood-Brain Barrier in Epilepsy
- Understanding Epileptic Circuits
- Understanding the Role of Perineuronal Nets in Tumor-related Seizures
- Functional Neuroplasticity in the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius and Increased Risk of Sudden Death in Mice with Acquired Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- GABA Receptors in Status Epilepticus
- Inflammation and Febrile Seizures- Is There a Link?
- SUDEP Basic Science Mechanisms
- Febrile Seizures: What Could Cause Them?
- Advances in Our Understanding of Absence Seizures
- What Causes Febrile Seizures?
Seniors and Epilepsy
Women and Epilepsy
- Catamenial-like Seizure Exacerbation in Mice with Targeted Ablation of Extrasynaptic Delta GABA-A Receptors in the Brain
- What Have Recent Studies about Catamenial Epilepsy Found? (part 4 of 4)
- How is Catamenial Epilepsy Studied in the Lab? (part 3 of 4)
- Possible Mechanisms that Underlie Catamenial Epilepsy (part 2 of 4)
- Basics about Catamenial Epilepsy (part 1 of a 4 part series)
