A new MRI technique can help find hard-to-detect brain lesions that are causing epileptic seizures The technique rings the brain with multiple powerful transmitters, to enhance the image and reduce ...

A new technique has enabled ultra-powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to identify tiny differences in patients’ brains that cause treatment-resistant epilepsy. In the first study to use ...

A new technique has enabled ultra-powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to identify tiny differences in patients' brains that cause treatment-resistant epilepsy. In the first study to use ...

A common parasitic infection, neurocysticercosis, is increasingly causing seizures in children, often mistaken for other neurological issues. Ingesting pork tapeworm eggs from contaminated food or ...

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. Characterized primarily by seizures, epilepsy can present in a variety of ways depending on the individual and the ...

Levetiracetam reduces tonic-clonic seizures by over 77% in clinical studies. Ethosuximide is highly effective for absence seizures, especially in children. Valproate remains the gold standard for ...

The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...

When Jade laces up her walking shoes, she’s not chasing fitness goals or a personal best. She’s walking for her son, Acer — ...

Bradbury was suffering from focal epilepsy, a type in which seizures spread from a misfiring region within the brain. In her case, the errant set of neurons -- called a lesion -- was in her amygdala, ...

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