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Combination of Nanomaterials and Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Effective Treatment of Epilepsy
Abstract: Around 50 million people across the world are affected due to epilepsy. One of the most common symptoms of epilepsy is seizures which is usually controlled by administering anti-epileptic drugs. But these drugs fail to control seizures for a long period of time as they do not change the underlying physiological conditions of the brain. Therefore, it is very important to alter the biological mechanism that causes seizures. This can …
Published in Journal of Nanoscience, NanoEngineering & Applications · Vol. 11, Issue 1, 2021 · pp. 25–36 Read article
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Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Epilepsy
Abstract: Epilepsy is a common neurological disease and has no age, race, social, gender or geographical boundaries. Nearly 5% people in the world may have at least one seizure in their lives. At any point in time, 50 million people have epilepsy, especially in childhood, adolescence and old age. Major problems in epilepsy epidemiology are diagnostic accuracy and case ascertainment. The diagnosis of epilepsy has important physical, psychosocial and economic implications …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Neuroscience · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 24–33 Read article
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A Review on Herbal Approach in Treatment of Epilepsy
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Epilepsy is the second most common neurological disorder after stroke characterized by seizures of various types which result from episodic neuronal discharges. In Management of epilepsy the main target is to achieve the balance between the factors which alters the excitatory postsynaptic potential and postsynaptic potential. Although several antiepileptic drugs are available to treat epilepsy, the treatment of epilepsy is still …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Pharmaceutical Science · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2013 Read article