What causes severe early infant epilepsy? Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden believe that mutations in the gene encoding the protein KCC2 might be ...

Researchers may finally have a better explanation for epilepsy, chronic pain and other conditions of the nervous system that have baffled the scientific world for decades. Neurons are the most basic ...

Epilepsy is the third most common neurological disorder in the United States, after Alzheimer's disease and stroke. Nearly 3 million Americans have the condition, and 200,000 new cases are diagnosed ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A common gene that can cause abnormal heart rhythms can also trigger epileptic seizures in the brain and may explain the sudden, unexplained deaths that often occur in people with ...

TRACY BOWDEN, PRESENTER: Melbourne paediatric neurologist Professor Ingrid Scheffer helped revolutionise the way epilepsy is diagnosed and treated. Her research contributed to the identification of ...

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Oct. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ Eisai Inc. today announced the launch of "Medikidz Explain Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)," an educational comic book designed to inform people about ...

Autoimmune antibodies are present in a significant proportion of patients with unexplained epilepsy, according to a new prospective study published in JAMA Neurology. The findings suggest that some ...

Epilepsy is a medical condition that produces seizures, or a brief, strong surge of electricity in the brain that lasts a minute or two, or more. When a person has two or more unprovoked seizures, ...