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Early Life Seizures and Learning Impairment: Neither the Time nor the Place

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Children who experience early life seizures, prolonged febrile convulsions being the most common scenario, often have demonstrable problems with learning and memory later in life (Martinos et al., 2012). Although some of the children may go on to have epilepsy (recurrent unprovoked seizures) later in life, the problem with memory does not seem to be dependent on these subsequent seizures. What happens during this relatively brief storm of electrical activity in the brains of children that can have such a lasting effect on cognition? That is the basic question that the current paper by Barry et al.

Source: EBioMedicine

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.05.001

Author: Steven N. Roper

Institution: University of Florida

Language: English

Topic: Epilepsy research and treatment

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,780