Functional Seizures Linked to Stroke, Psychiatric Disorders by Colleen Fleiss on January 11, 2021 at 11:30 PM
A new study has confirmed associations between functional seizures and psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and sexual assault trauma.
The research was carried by Lea Davis, PhD, associate professor of Medicine and an investigator in the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute and team.
In a large-scale study of electronic health records, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have determined the prevalence of functional seizures and characterized comorbidities associated with them.
‘A novel association between functional seizures and cerebrovascular disease, including stroke has been identified.
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Functional seizures are sudden attacks or spasms that look like epileptic seizures but do not have the aberrant brain electrical patterns of epilepsy.
Psychiatric disorders lead to brain seizures: Study ANI | Updated: Jan 10, 2021 20:44 IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): A study led by investigators of Vanderbilt University Medical Center have claimed that sudden and uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain is associated with psychiatric disorders.
Functional seizures are sudden attacks or spasms that look like epileptic seizures but do not have the aberrant brain electrical patterns of epilepsy.
The research team, headed by Lea Davis, PhD, associate professor of Medicine and an investigator in the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, confirmed associations between functional seizures and psychiatric disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression as well as sexual assault trauma.
Study finds associations between functional seizures and psychiatric disorders, stroke
In a large-scale study of electronic health records, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have determined the prevalence of functional seizures and characterized comorbidities associated with them.
Functional seizures are sudden attacks or spasms that look like epileptic seizures but do not have the aberrant brain electrical patterns of epilepsy.
The research team, headed by Lea Davis, PhD, associate professor of Medicine and an investigator in the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, confirmed associations between functional seizures and psychiatric disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression as well as sexual assault trauma. They also discovered a novel association between functional seizures and cerebrovascular disease, including stroke.
Functional seizures associated with stroke, psychiatric disorders ANI | Updated: Jan 08, 2021 10:52 IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): In a large-scale study of electronic health records, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have determined the prevalence of functional seizures >seizures and characterized comorbidities associated with them.
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The research team, headed by Lea Davis, PhD, associate professor of Medicine and an investigator in the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, confirmed associations between functional seizures >seizures and psychiatric disorders including posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression as well as sexual assault trauma.
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