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How the body's protective mechanisms could cause epilepsy 16/12/2008 Nature Medicine & BBC News Online

A new culprit gene for epilepsy 16/12/2008 Science Daily

SUDEP: why does it happen? 16/12/2008 Science Daily   Memory and epilepsy: what is the link? 18/11/2008 Science Daily & Science News

Inflammation in the brain: the tape worm that triggers a new mechanism 18/11/2008 Science Daily & Science News

Could epilepsy be treated with the flip of a switch? 18/11/2008 Eurekalert

The ketogenic diet: now a front-line treatment 15/10/2008 Science Daily & Science News

Excitation versus inhibition: the brain switch that gets the balance just right 15/10/2008 Science Daily

Epilepsy: a new culprit protein found 15/10/2008 Brain Research

What makes status epilepticus resistant to drugs? 17/09/2008 Epilepsy Research

How a brain scan could predict surgery outcomes 17/09/2008 Epilepsia

What makes status epilepticus resistant to drugs? 17/09/2008 Epilepsy Research

Could a hand-held computer improve patient care? 12/08/2008 Epilepsy & Behaviour

Immature brain cells could prevent temporal lobe epilepsy 12/08/2008 Experimental neurology

Protecting or harming? Do the body's defenses cause epilepsy? 12/08/2008 Brain, Behaviour & Immunity

How long should you treat epilepsy? 16/07/2008 Epilepsia

The ketogenic diet: proof it works 16/07/2008 Lancet Neurology

What makes seizures stop? 16/07/2008 Nature Neuroscience

Treatment for psychogenic non-epileptic seizures 21/05/2008 Seizure and Epilepsy & Behavior

Computer simulation predicts cell patterns due to epilepsy 21/05/2008 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

Preventing epilepsy caused by tuberous sclerosis 24/04/2008 Annals of Neurology

Dietary treatment for adults with epilepsy 24/04/2008 Epilepsia & Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

The links between epilepsy and depression 18/03/2008 Experimental Neurology & Annals of Neurology

The promise of pharmacogenomics 18/03/2008 Pharmacogenomics

Could epilepsy be prevented with an AED? 26/02/2008 Epilepsia

Keeping seizure control during pregnancy 26/02/2008 Neurology

Vaccinations and epilepsy 26/02/2008 Epilepsia

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