Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that affects the nervous system. Epilepsy causes abnormal electrical activity in the brain, which leads to seizures. There are many types of seizure medication, all ...

Vikram Rao, director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, discusses why a third of seizure patients don’t respond to medication and the promising new surgical and technological treatments available.

The researchers of a single-center study found that the relationships between epilepsy and autoimmune diseases may be a result of the different etiopathogenetic mechanisms that underly seizure ...

A new study suggests that people with epilepsy associated with head injuries, especially the type not well controlled by medication, are more likely to have other health conditions like depression, ...

ORLANDO — Genetic testing is warranted in patients with epilepsy of unknown origin, new research suggests. Investigators found that pathogenic genetic variants were identified in over 40% of patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study included 250 patients with epilepsy. A history of delayed development and earlier seizure onset were ...

Epilepsy is a common condition that affects the brain and causes seizures. In a seizure, the brain's electrical signals are suddenly disrupted or become too active.

Epilepsy prevalence was significantly higher among people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) than among those with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a new study showed, with epilepsy occurring in some cases ...