Antipsychotics Plus Therapy Ease Behavior Problems in Girl, 6: Study

Treatment with low-dose aripiprazole — a newer class of antipsychotic medication — in combination with psychotherapy, and behavioral and occupational therapy, was found to lessen behavior, attention, and educational problems in a 6-year-old girl with Dravet syndrome, according to a case study. This case points out a potentially effective…

Certain Nerve Cells Involved in Seizures, Cognitive Deficits in Mice with Dravet Syndrome

Specific nerve cells are critically involved in the development of epileptic seizures, hyperactivity, autistic-like behaviors, and cognitive declines in Dravet syndrome, according to a mouse study from Japan. The research, “Impairments in social novelty recognition and spatial memory in mice with conditional deletion of Scn1a in parvalbumin-expressing…