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Food-borne diseases will continue to thrive unless Africa’s meat inspection programmes are upgraded.
The next generation of neuroprosthetics could communicate directly with the brain to tackle diseases such as epilepsy and blindness.
The brain is the most complex organ and system know to humans. It helps to create a computer model of one to find out how things work, and why things go wrong.
Lyrica, the brand name for a medicine called pregabalin, is an anti-epileptic drug most commonly used to treat chronic nerve pain - a type of pain caused by abnormality in, or damage to, the nerves.
Dravet syndrome, first identified by French psychiatrist and epileptologist Charlotte Dravet over 30 years ago, is severe pediatric epilepsy.
Saying someone has epilepsy is a little like saying they’re ill. Its cause can vary from a brain tumour to an inherited genetic condition, the consequence of injury or a disorder affecting the brain.
The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science – awarded at Parliament House in Canberra tonight – recognise excellence in science and science teaching. This year, we asked four prizewinners to reflect on their…
Two researchers have shared the 2014 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for their long-standing partnership on cracking the genetics of epilepsy. Sam Berkovic and Ingrid Scheffer, from the University of…
Researchers have developed a method for “silencing” neurons using an external light source. Research done by the Massachusetts…
A new study suggests the treatment pregnant women receive for epilepsy does not adversely affect their offspring. The study…
Let’s say Martians land on the Earth and wish to understand more about humans. Someone hands them a copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare and says: “When you understand what’s in there, you will understand…
Pregnant women taking the epilepsy drug valproate risk having a baby with severe birth defects. Researchers at the University…
New genetic mutations which cause severe epilepsy have been identified. Analysing 4,000 genomes from epilepsy patients, two…
Many therapeutic drugs and toxins affect us without us knowing exactly how. We know, for example, that Epilim, or sodium valproate, one of the most highly prescribed medicines for epilepsy can prevent…
People with epilepsy experience discrimination in education, in the community, and particularly in the workplace, a Flinders…
Traits of autism were found in all of the adults with epilepsy studied by researchers at the University of Bath. Their study…
The most common form of epilepsy has been found to be caused by a hereditary gene. Not previously thought of as being inherited…
It’s been referred to, somewhat disparagingly, as blobology, but MRI technology has the potential to improve treatment for epilepsy – in part thanks to developments in computing. Identifying where seizures…
Top contributors
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Laureate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at Austin Health, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Paediatrics, Austin Health; NHMRC Practitioner Fellow; Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Florey Institute; Professor of Paediatric Neurology Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurology, University of Virginia
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NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Professor, and Group Leader, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Royal Holloway University of London
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Director, Centre for Integrated Preclinical Drug Development and Professor of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Medical Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Deputy Director, Florey, Neurologist Austin Health, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
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NHMRC CJ Martin Fellow, King Group, Division of Chemistry & Structural Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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PhD researcher, Cornell University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Director of the Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, UCL
