New study sheds light on why seizures happen after TBI
A new animal study may provide some much-needed insight into the relationship between brain injury and epilepsy.
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Blood-Pressure Drug May Prevent Epilepsy Following Brain Injury
Nearly a fifth of all cases of epilepsy are the result of traumatic brain injuries, but a team of researchers from UC Berkeley, Ben-Gurion University in Israel and Charité-University Medicine in Germany claim a new drug can prevent post-traumatic seizures. It may even be able to prevent further brain damage caused by seizures in those…
ReadIs a New Type of Cell Responsible for the Link Between TBI and Epilepsy?
The connection between epilepsy and traumatic brain injury has been strongly verified, but researchers have yet to discover what the cause of the link is. It is believed that damage to the brain’s protective covering known as the blood-brain barrier could be play a significant role in triggering epilepsy following a brain injury, but a…
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