In the brain of a person living with epilepsy, the time between sunny skies and the storm striking ranges from minutes to hours, but the indicators are there up to a day before. To see these ...

Using deep brain stimulation techniques, neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic are looking for early signals in the brain to help stop seizures. In their biomarker discovery initiative, a team of researchers ...

Seizures can be the result of many different things since "any insult to the brain - whether it is experiencing a head injury or a metabolic imbalance - can cause one," says Dr. Vladimir Shvarts ...

For medication-resistant epileptics, surgery is often the only way to stop seizures. However, for those with frontal lobe epilepsy, sometimes surgery doesn’t ensure the seizures stop.

More than 65 million people in the world have epilepsy, a condition makes them three times more likely to die. While most patients respond to medication, about 30% have drug-resistant epilepsy. Two ...

Epilepsy is a common but complex neurological disorder that impacts millions of people worldwide. It occurs when groups of neurons in the brain send abnormal signals, leading to seizures. These ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are using sophisticated brain mapping to help reduce epilepsy symptoms. REB Images/Getty Images In a new study, scientists mapped lesions in the brain associated ...

These findings were then validated across 4 independent cohorts of 772 patients with brain lesions, in which 271 (35%) had epilepsy.

Brain implants represent a major leap forward in the field of epilepsy treatment. By offering a targeted and adaptive approach to seizure control, these devices provide hope for millions of people ...