The application relates to markers for seizures and epilepsy. Polypeptide expression panels or arrays are provided, comprising one or more probes capable of binding specific polypeptides in blood plasma or blood serum of a mammalian subject. Also provided are methods for detecting seizure, methods for predicting seizure, use of sICAM-5 in the treatment of seizure, methods for assessing the effectiveness of a treatment of seizure, and diagnostic kits.

The presently disclosed subject matter relates to the generation of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neuronal cell lines from subjects diagnosed with polyhydramnios-megalencephaly-symptomatic-epilepsy (PMSE) and assays making use of such cell lines to identify mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signalling modulators as well as anti-epileptogenic compounds.

Provided, inter alia, are methods and compositions for treating epilepsy. In one aspect, provided herein is a method of selecting a compound for treating epilepsy, said method includes, contacting a test compound with 5-hydroxytryptamine-2B receptor (5-HT2B), and measuring the 5-HT2B agonistic activity of the test compound. In another aspect, provided herein is a method of treating an epilepsy in a subject in need thereof. The method includes administering to said subject an effective amount of a 5-HT2B specific receptor agonist.

We report method of detecting a pathological body state of a patient, comprising receiving a body signal of the patient; determining a body index from said body signal; determining an activity level of said patient; determining a value range for said body index for said patient, based at least in part on said activity level; comparing said body index to said value range; and detecting a pathological state when said body index is outside said value range. We also report a medical device system configured to implement the method. We also report a non-transitory computer readable program storage unit encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform the method.

Epileptic seizures are difficult to diagnose and are often difficult to distinguish from several conditions with similar presentations, and therefore, diagnosis of seizures is often a long, expensive, and unreliable process. This invention provides biomarkers for identifying seizures and epilepsy, assays for measuring and assessing biomarker concentration, predictive models based on biomarkers and computational systems for detecting, assessing and diagnosing phasic and tonic changes associated with seizures and epilepsy in all clinical and healthcare settings. Diagnostic and treatment methods, systems, kits, and predictive models provided herein, provide quantitative and/or qualitative assessment in order to allow patients to proceed immediately to diagnostic and/or treatment protocols, and assess therapeutic treatment effectiveness.

Epileptic seizures are difficult to diagnose and are often difficult to distinguish from several conditions with similar presentations, and therefore, diagnosis of seizures is often a long, expensive, and unreliable process. This invention provides biomarkers for identifying seizures and epilepsy, assays for measuring and assessing biomarker concentration, predictive models based on biomarkers and computer systems for detecting, assessing and diagnosing phasic and tonic changes associated with seizures and epilepsy in all clinical and healthcare settings. Diagnostic methods, kits and predictive models provided herein provide quantitative and/or qualitative assessment in order to allow patients to proceed immediately to diagnostic and/or treatment protocols, and assess therapeutic treatment effectiveness.

Provided herein are methods for selecting a subject with a disease or disorder for treatment, as well as methods of treating the subject, determining the efficacy of the treatment, and adjusting the treatment dosage and frequency.

The present invention relates to methods of detecting a neural injury biomarker in a biological sample. The method includes subjecting a biological sample to an assay according to the present invention that produces a measurable signal and detecting the measurable signal. The presence or absence of the measurable signal indicates the presence or absence of the biomarker in the sample. The present invention also relates to methods of determining the state of a subject's neural injury. The present invention also relates to systems and devices useful in carrying out the methods of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain diseases caused by microplastic exposure and a use thereof, wherein it was confirmed that polyethylene microspheres (PS) in a mouse animal model orally administered with the PS penetrate brain tissue to change the level of gene expression inside the brain tissue, thereby causing brain diseases, and thus the present invention is intended to provide: a biomarker composition for predicting the prognosis of brain diseases caused by microplastic exposure, the biomarker composition using a gene in which the expression level in an individual suspected of exposure to PS is identified; and a method for predicting the prognosis of brain diseases using the biomarker composition.

The present invention relates to a method for treating a neurological disease in a subject including administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition of a eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K)-inhibiting compound.