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 ...

In temporal lobe epilepsy — a common and debilitating form of the disorder — seizures often cause those affected to lose consciousness. But why that happens has been unclear. In a new study, Yale ...

If you have a first seizure as an adult, it could be an indication of epilepsy, or it may be an isolated episode. Causes in adults include a stroke, head trauma, alcohol withdrawal, brain tumor, or ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . No serious device- or implant-related adverse events were reported. A high degree of seizures and related ...

ChatGPT responses matched or outperformed epileptologists' responses related to the regions where epileptogenic zones are commonly located. Yet epileptologists provided more accurate responses for the ...

Optogenetics employs a harmless virus to deliver light-sensitive genes to a particular set of neurons in the brain that can then be switched on and off with pulses of light. In a first, UC researchers ...

The first seizure clinic model enabled rapid diagnosis and treatment for children with epilepsy, according to data presented ...

New research has linked an increased risk of epilepsy to socioeconomic conditions present in certain states Scientists have identified an “epilepsy belt” that stretches across the U.S. south ...

Gregor Mendel’s studies of inheritance patterns in pea plants helped shape researchers’ understanding of single-gene diseases, which can run in families. Some of the diseases that follow a Mendelian ...

For the first time, clinicians have access to a clear, evidence-based roadmap for adjusting antiseizure medication doses during pregnancy and after childbirth.