Scientists are testing a strikingly simple idea for calming some of the brain’s most stubborn seizures: remove the aging ...

A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals ...

Epilepsy is not a one size fits all condition and there are a few tell tale signs that parents could miss, said Dr Jonathan ...

Microglia perform many functions in the brain, and their role in seizures is unclear. KTSDesign/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Seizures are like sudden electrical storms in the brain. Seizure ...

A common parasitic infection, neurocysticercosis, is increasingly causing seizures in children, often mistaken for other ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Under certain circumstances, a taser shot to the head may result in a generalized tonic-clonic seizure, a case report in the March 17th issue of the Canadian Medical ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than three million Americans suffer from epilepsy. Not knowing when or if a seizure will strike can make living life difficult. Most people can take ...

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(WNDU) - A rare brain surgery performed in San Antonio, stopped up to 200 seizures per day in the brain of a 15-month-old. Those seizures were caused by a malformation in the right side of the brain.

Two new models could solve a problem that's long frustrated millions of people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them: how to find precisely where seizures originate to treat exactly that part ...