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Women who suffer from epilepsy and take a common drug (carbamazepine) to treat the illness have a higher chance of having an infant with spina bifida compared with women not taking antiepileptic drugs, finds a study published on BMJ.com today.

Progress in pediatric neurosciences is proceeding rapidly, and we are entering an era in which technologies will allow a greater knowledge of normal and abnormal brain developments. Because of increased diagnostic abilities, early recognition of even subtle brain abnormalities is now possible, thus allowing early intervention. Many children in certain areas of the world do not have the chance to benefit from this progress because of the shortage of well-trained child neurologists as well as equipped centers and general infrastructure. The advances made during the past years and the growing necessity for...

Dr. Naidu’s advocacy for patients and families with rare diseases is matched by her enthusiasm for the encouragement of the development of child neurology in India and elsewhere in the world.A role model for women she is really no less a role model for men in child neurology.

A meeting of 29 senior scientists from Europe, the USA, India and Australia, was held in Naarden, The Netherlands on November 14–16, 2008, to establish consensus Best Practice Guidelines for molecular diagnosis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD) A meeting of 29 senior scientists from Europe, the USA, India and Australia, was held in Naarden, The Netherlands on November 14–16, 2008, to establish consensus Best Practice Guidelines for molecular diagnosis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD). New therapeutic trials for DMD demand accurate diagnosis of the disorder, especially...

Results of a recently published study has shown that children with new/recent onset epilepsy have significantly slowed expansion of white matter volume compared to healthy children over a two year interval.   The reduced white matter volume may affect brain connectivity and influence cognition.   The study conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is published in Epilepsia, published on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy.   Brain development in children with new onset epilepsy: A prospective controlled cohort...

The 19th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposia (October 1-6, 2010) offers two CME-certified symposia:   Dear Colleague: 19th International Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Symposia Cleveland, Ohio October 1-6, 2010 ...

Dr. Jessell has been, for twenty years, co-author of what became Kandel,  Schwartz, and Jessell’s Principles of Neuroscience, and by the same  trio, Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior.”   These texts  constitute the modern vademecum  initially guiding future scientists and  clinicians into neuroscience and its clinical relevance.

The Congress was dedicated to the exchange of information on the latest advances in research and clinical practice in neuropaediatrics as well as to the fostering of collaboration and friendship between neurologists, paediatricians, psychiatrists and other neuroscientists, worldwide. Following previous traditions, the 11th International Child Neurology Congress included fifteen Symposia covering themes such as: CNS Infections, Epilepsy, Neonatal Neurology and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Neurogenetic Disorders, Head Injury and Neuroprotection, Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Disorders of Neuronal Migration, Neurometabolic Disorders, Headache, Pediatric Stroke, Sleep Disorders, Demyelinating Diseases and Leukodystrophies, Neuromuscular Disorders and Peripheral Neuropathies, Neurooncology, Advances in Neuroimaging Techniques and the Global...

One of the newest societies of child neurology in the world, the Child Neurology Society of Nigeria has been inaugurated in West Africa. The population of Nigeria was estimated to be 124 million in 2003, which placed it as tenth most populous nation in the world. It is the most populated country in Africa, with 44% of the population under 15 years of age. Nigeria has 12 medical schools. It has an active Paediatric Association, with its own journal, Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics. In January 2007, the Child Neurology Society of Nigeria (http://cnsnonline.org/index.php)...

In May 2010 the International Child NeurologyAssociation will meet on African soil in Cairo. It is a fittingevent to launch the African Paediatric Neurology Association (APNA). This decision was taken at a joint meeting of representatives of an African steering committee and the executive of ICNA on Friday 12th of March 2009 in Cairo, chaired by Andre Venter, National Chairman of The Paediatric Neurology and Developmental Association of Southern Africa (PANDA SA). It has become clear that an Association catering for all professionals in Africa...