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EMERYVILLE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zogenix, a global biopharmaceutical company specializing in rare disease therapies, announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application (J-NDA) to the Japanese Ministry of Health,…

An inexpensive anti-seizure medication markedly improves learning and memory and other cognitive functions in Alzheimer's patients who have epileptic activity in their brains, according to a study published in the Sept. 27th issue of JAMA…

Autism affects about 2% of children in the United States, and about 30% of these children have seizures. Recent large-scale genetic studies revealed that genetic variants in a sodium channel, called voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2, is a…

During fetal development, cells should migrate to the outer edge of the brain to form critical connections for information transfer and regulation in the body. When even a few cells fail to move to the correct location, the neurons become…

The pharmaceutical treatment of the disease is much more complicated: "Slightly too little, and it isn't effective. Slightly too much and it becomes toxic," explains Professor Pablo Sinues. ‘Breath tests can give accurate estimates of…

DEVON, Pa., June 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zynerba Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZYNE), the leader in innovative pharmaceutically-produced transdermal cannabinoid therapies for rare and near-rare neuropsychiatric disorders, presented…

New molecules, developed by researchers at Linköping University, have promising properties as possible drugs against epilepsy. A study published in the journal Epilepsia shows that several of the molecules have antiseizure effects. In…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have identified a potential new approach to better controlling epileptic seizures. Lin Mei, professor and chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the Case Western Reserve School of…