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University of Liverpool Launches LINC to Unite Brain and Mind Research for Global Health Impact

(IN BRIEF) The University of Liverpool has launched the Liverpool Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Centre (LINC), an ambitious collaboration uniting nearly 170 researchers and clinicians from the University, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Brain Health Northwest, and global partners. LINC aims … Read the full press release

Trinity College Dublin Professor to Deliver Inaugural Lecture on Novel Therapies for Epilepsy

(IN BRIEF) Trinity College Dublin’s Professor Mark Cunningham will deliver his inaugural lecture on March 23, entitled “Hacking the brain’s accelerator: novel therapies for epilepsy?” He will discuss his research, which has taken several different approaches to address the mechanisms … Read the full press release

Researchers demonstrated how an electronic device implanted directly into the brain can prevent epileptic seizures

Researchers have successfully demonstrated how an electronic device implanted directly into the brain can detect, stop and even prevent epileptic seizures.  CAMBRIDGE, 03-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines and … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool researchers awarded £73k grant to help identify brain imaging biomarkers for drug treatment response in epilepsy

LIVERPOOL, 24-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the University of Liverpool have been awarded a £73k grant from Epilepsy Research UK to help identify brain imaging biomarkers for drug treatment response in epilepsy. Dr Simon Keller, from the University’s Institute Of Translational Medicine, … Read the full press release