/EINPresswire.com/ -- CALGARY, AB--(Marketwired - December 16, 2016) - Following a seizure, the sufferer will often experience a temporary period of disability. For example, if a seizure occurs in the motor cortex of the brain, the individual may experience weakness in one side of their body. These effects can last for minutes, hours, or in some cases even days. It's a phenomenon referred to as Todd's Paralysis -- and until now has been neither understood, nor treated. Using both animal and human data, researchers at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine recently discovered how seizures can cause Todd's Paralysis as well as the mechanism responsible for this phenomenon. Findings were recently published in the journal elife.

WHAT: Interview the study authors in their lab.

WHEN: Friday, December 16, 2016, between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Please phone to confirm a time. Phone interviews also available.

WHERE: University of Calgary Foothills Campus, TRW Building, 3280 Hospital Drive NW.

WHO: Study lead authors

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About the Cumming School of Medicine
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The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
The Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) at the University of Calgary consists of more than 120 scientists and clinician-scientists who are dedicated to advancing brain and mental health research and education. The Institute's research strengths, in the areas of Brain & Behaviour, Neural Injury & Repair and Healthy Brain Aging, are leading to new treatments for neurological and psychiatric disorders, aimed at improving quality of life and patient care.

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