NeuroPace (Mountain View, CA) will team with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop new neurostimulation treatments for epilepsy patients with memory deficits. The project may ultimately benefit patients with other ...
A novel combination of technologies made this possible A European consortium of epilepsy researchers has reported the discovery of a new gene involved in severe childhood epilepsy. Using a novel combination of technologies, including trio ...
The vast majority of epilepsy patients who have brain surgery to treat the seizure disorder find it improves their mood and their ability to work and drive, a new study reveals. Meanwhile, a second study also indicates the procedure is ...
Tags: epilepsy patients, seizure disorder, brain surgery, epilepsy surgery
UCB and IBM have announced the completion of the initial phase of project designed to exploit super-computer power for better care for epilepsy patients. The power of cognitive computing capabilities, such as IBM's Watson, will be ...
Medical technology company Cyberonics has implanted 100,000th patient using its Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) therapy system. Using implanted medical device, the CE-marked VNS therapy system delivers pulsed electrical signals to the vagus ...
Tags: Cyberonics, Vagus Nerve Stimulator, Health Medicine, Medical technology
Eisai has received positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for Fycompa (perampanel), an AMPA receptor antagonist. Fycompa (perampanel) is an adjunctive treatment of ...
Tags: fycompa, perampanel, epilepsy, zonisamide