The causes of focal onset seizures can include epilepsy, stroke, or low blood sugar. Other times, the causes are unknown. Medication can help prevent focal seizures. The human brain works by sending ...

Focal or partial seizures begin in only one part of the brain. A person may experience muscle contractions, unusual sensations, and other symptoms. Possible causes range from epilepsy to dehydration.

In a first-in-humans pilot study, researchers have identified a sentinel area of the brain that may give an early warning before clinical seizure manifestations from focal epilepsy appear. They have ...

Los Angeles — Only about 27% of patients newly diagnosed with focal epilepsy are seizure-free on initial anti-seizure medications (ASMs), new research suggested. This is sobering information to pass ...

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has revised its classification of seizure types to improve nomenclature, add new seizure types, and give clinicians the ability to classify seizures ...

Long-term, real-world evidence demonstrates early and lasting outcomes of adjunctive VNS Therapy on severe focal seizures The CORE-VNS 36-month data analysis reaffirms the effectiveness of VNS Therapy ...

Seizures occur when the normal electrical activity in your brain is disrupted. This can lead to symptoms like unconsciousness, uncontrollable shaking, or lip-smacking. Your symptoms largely depend on ...

“The current belief among ancient writers, and among many at the present day, is that epilepsy is pre-eminently an [sic] hereditary affection.” John Russell Reynolds (Epilepsy: Its Symptoms, Treatment ...

Share on Pinterest A new drug reduced seizures in subjects with treatment resistant epilepsy in a recent clinical trial. The Good Brigade/Getty Images Researchers say a new medication may potentially ...

Berkeley -- University of California researchers have created a mathematical model describing the electrical storm that rages during a brain seizure. They say the model, to be published in the March ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Patients with focal epilepsy that does not respond to medications badly need alternative treatments. In a first-in-humans pilot study, researchers at the University of Alabama at ...