Study could help explain link between seizures and psychiatric disorders. Scientists have identified different types of neurons in a brain region called the reticular thalamus. A better understanding of these cells could eventually help explain how both seizures and certain psychiatric disorders can occur at the same time. Source 9w.
Science one step closer to turning off seizures, sleep disturbances linked to intellectual disability. UNLV-led research team identifies key brain protein to target for new customized drug therapies treating adverse symptoms of developmental disorder subtypes. Source 1b.
Within the diseases associated with epilepsy, the most common is related to depressive and anxious disorders. It is estimated that between 20 and 30% of people with epilepsy have experienced or will experience some psychiatric disorder, depression being the most prevalent.