Conventional wisdom holds that younger brains are better equipped to recover from injury. Their greater flexibility allows ...

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the millions of people worldwide living with severe forms of epilepsy, some do not respond to medication and it can be difficult to find lasting relief. Patients ...

A first seizure is a scary and disorienting medical event. Convulsions, losing control of the body or limbs, talking incoherently, intense, unusual feelings, or having the mind go blank right in the ...

The very capacity that makes younger brains adaptable may also make them more likely to rewire an injury into a persistent ...

JOOTRH has become the first facility in East, Central and Western Africa outside South Africa to undertake VNS implantation, ...

Epilepsy myths can lead to harmful responses during seizures, delayed treatment and stigma. Knowing the facts can help ...

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 ...

Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric disorders. We don't ...

But a new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that for people with epilepsy, the brain may be too good at its job — mistakenly learning how to have future seizures by treating them like valuable ...