Mikey Fallon’s epileptic seizures intensified at puberty. A high-stakes operation aided by a robot system was his only hope ...

But these seizures can get in the way of learning. They can affect concentration at school. This is why getting treatment right away is important. Not everyone who has a seizure has epilepsy. Often a ...

Using functional MRI, the authors tracked memory recovery over a decade after epilepsy surgery, revealing key brain changes in spared medial temporal structures and contralateral regions ...

Using a single-cell sequencing technique, Brazilian researchers have created the first cell atlas of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), a malformation of the cerebral cortex that leads to drug-resistant ...

Using a single-cell sequencing technique, Brazilian researchers have created the first cell atlas of focal cortical dysplasia ...

Managing Other Illnesses During illnesses like fever or infections, children with epilepsy may have an increased risk of seizures. Ensure adequate hydration, monitor fever, and follow your doctor’s ...

Although scientists can learn a lot from cell culture and animal models, they cannot truly substitute for all parts of the ...

A scientific team looks at the progress and challenges in the research and development of brain implants. New achievements in the field of this technology are seen as a source of hope for many ...

Furthermore, a third of epilepsy patients have seizures that are intractable to all available treatments. Thus, novel therapies for seizures and the neurological comorbidities of epilepsy are ...

Certain proteins found in the human brain have long been known to be critical to controlling how brain cells communicate with each other. So-called ...