Some have even shrunk, such as the agency that helps people suffering from cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other such mental disabilities.
All of the companies vying to emerge in the brain-wave market are using electroencephalograph, or EEG, technology, which measures the brain's electrical impulses in the forehead and has long been used to diagnose epilepsy and other brain disorders.
The NICE panel said a tumour would come with other symptoms such as a change in behaviour or epilepsy.
Genes associated with epilepsy could be involved in determining educational achievement and other aspects of medical health, the researchers say.
Originally an epilepsy medication, Neurontin wound up being used mostly for treating other disorders, particularly pain caused by nerve damage.
Most have other conditions as well, like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorders, sleep problems or epilepsy, which may affect their functioning, Dr. Gillberg said.
Although Neurontin was originally approved as an epilepsy drug, doctors often prescribed it for pain due to nerve damage from diabetes or other illnesses.
"You become 200% vulnerable to your surroundings and to (other people's) knowledge of what is happening to you, " said Jones of the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles.
Besides stroke, he says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.
Besides stroke, Dr. Suzdak says, drugs aimed at the new targets could prove useful for treating spinal cord injuries, Lou Gehrig's disease or even epilepsy--because the same toxic cascade that occurs after a stroke also happens after many other types of brain damage.
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