epilepsy

Gene-Specific Primers for NMDA Receptor Subunits

... disorders of the central nervoussystem, including epilepsy and ischemic neuronal cell death. The rat NMDAR1 (NR1) was the first subunit of the NMDAR to be cloned. 2 The NR1 protein can form NMDA-activated ion channels when expressed in Xenopusoocytes, but the currents in such channels are much weaker than t...

Neurognostics to partner with Racine distributor

...ing, and neurosurgery. Approximately 10 percent of epilepsy patients may be candidates for surgical treatment. The MindState product line includes fMRI data acquisition, processing, and reporting devices. These are functions that will allow Ad-Tech to expand its product offerings to customers in more than 40...

Alliance looks to create the right chemistry in SE Wisconsin

...ive in the treatment of schizophrenia, alcoholism, epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. "I think we have the ingredients here: exceptional students and dedicated faculty," Cook said. "But we can't do it without partnerships." The draw of UWM "There is great science that goes on at all our universities throu...

New battery technology helps stimulate nerves

...tical connections in, for example, Parkinson's and epilepsy patients. Designed to be extraordinarily reliable ...nervous system wiring at the heart of Parkinson's, epilepsy and incontinence. "The idea is that whenever you have a broken nerve connection, you can supply the...

Research on fruit flies opens up possibilities for human treatments

...he genetic structure that cause conditions such as epilepsy and Fragile X syndrome. "I think the history of scientific discovery teaches us that we can't predict anything," Yin said in the release. "So we just have to play all the cards we can possibly play."...

Prairie Technologies works with UW engineer to visualize the brain

...so lead to a better understanding of diseases like epilepsy and Alzheimer's. They are working together to develop a new tool for monitoring neuron activity. It is similar to the patch-clamp method in that it offers a very specialized look at the electrical activity of a cell. But in the patch-clamp method, t...

Mental research at UW-Madison could correct disabilities

...llow researchers have been observing patients with epilepsy that are being treated at UW Hospital because of the already existing treatments to learn where the seizures are coming from. Volunteers are put through a series of concentration tests while they are awaiting treatment, hooked up to a set of computer...

Bio-Logic Systems, another Midwest life-science firm, flies under the radar

...troencephalography (EEG) for routine and long-term epilepsy monitoring According to the company's Web site, Bio-Logic Systems was founded in 1979 as a one-product company. It has evolved into a neurodiagnostics company with sales in more than 40 countries. About 19 percent of total sales (or about $5 million...