November 6, 2023
NIH grant expands UIC brain bank into citywide effort to study epilepsy, brain cancer$5 million grant expands UIC’s network of brain tissue research to 4 new Chicago sites.
October 8, 2020
Inhibiting epileptic activity in the brainProtein could lead to new treatments for epileptic seizures
December 3, 2018
Epileptics in high-crime neighborhoods have three times as many seizuresMore crime more seizures
November 15, 2017
East Meets West: Using technology to help epilepsy patientsCampus collaboration creates customized self-management program
July 17, 2017
Epilepsy biomarkers pave way for noninvasive diagnosis, better treatmentsDetecting smaller epileptic regions in the brain
January 13, 2017
UIC establishes neurological tissue bank; will use ‘big data’ to find curesFocus is on epilepsy, ALS, brain tumors
December 2, 2016
Tablet-based tool helps epilepsy patients learn self-management skillsTailored to the individual patient’s interests and needs
December 16, 2014
‘Microlesions’ in epilepsy discovered by novel techniqueGenetics, mathematical modeling point to what goes wrong
November 16, 2012
Photo-switch for nerve cells in eye and brainUIC research could be a first step to overcoming degenerative eye diseases or to quieting epileptic seizures.