Investigators led by Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified mutations in a gene coding for a key ion channel in the ...

Why does the same genetic mutation cause a severe brain malformation in some patients but not in others? Researchers from the ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism by which inherited calcium ...

SK Life Science, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of SK Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., today announced the launch of Epilepsy Connect, ...

Scientists have used a next-generation form of gene editing to fix the underlying cause of a severe form of epilepsy in lab mice, andt their promising results suggest the approach could eventually ...

A seizure is a sudden electrical disturbance in the brain that may occur due to triggers like fever or injury and can be a ...

A new tool could potentially reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70%, new research suggests. Known as EpiScalp, the tool uses algorithms trained on dynamic network models to map brainwave patterns ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1.1% of US adults have epilepsy. Although 89% report seeing a physician in the past year about their condition, only 62% of adults ...

What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy can arise from various factors including genetics, head injuries, infections, brain tumors, ...

Researchers demonstrated that individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an increased accumulation of brain amyloid later in life, potentially predisposing them to late-onset brain amyloid disorders, ...