Lisa Wootten suffered monthly seizures that were chalked up to nerves — until doctors discovered the devastating cause of her ...

Doctors and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a new treatment for epilepsy patients who don't respond to medication and aren't candidates for surgery. Their approach, ...

Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn't stop seizures for everyone and ...

Cell survival depends on the energy molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP)—it's like the fuel that keeps our brain running. Intracellular ATP levels are thought to remain constant, given its importance ...

Melbourne researchers test a new AI tool that detects tiny lesions in children with epilepsy, leading to surgeries that leave ...

A new study has brought scientists one step further in the direction of developing a cure for a brutal group of rare brain ...

An AI tool can detect tiny brain lesions causing drug-resistant epilepsy in children with up to 94% accuracy, potentially ...

A preclinical study by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown why some people with multiple sclerosis, or MS, also suffer from seizures—a debilitating complication ...

Slow, sleep-like brain waves persist in part of the brain that has been surgically disconnected from the rest of the organ even though the person is awake. The findings 1, published in PLoS Biology, ...

Researchers at Stanford Medicine have pinpointed a brain region that may drive autism-related behaviors. They report that dialing down its activity reversed symptoms in mice engineered to model autism ...

Mike Frazier doesn’t waste time. A title card flashes over footage of him opening a garage door: “The Belly Is In the Brain.” It immediately cuts to Frazier, now seated and centered in the frame. “For ...

Study finds early surgery can cure epilepsy in children. March 12, 2013— -- Tom Parrent was home alone with his son 3-year-old Sam -- better known as "Spike" -- when after lunch the boy told his ...