Late-onset epilepsy (LOE) may represent a distinctive neurodegenerative-linked epilepsy subtype, with new data showing that individuals who develop epilepsy after midlife have substantially greater ...

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were tied to higher risks of new-onset neurologic conditions later in life. Women with eclampsia had a five-times higher risk of developing epilepsy. Migraine risk ...

Having a single seizure doesn't mean you have epilepsy. Epilepsy is diagnosed if you've had at least two unprovoked seizures at least 24 hours apart. Unprovoked seizures don't have a clear cause.

The investigators, in the Department of Neurosurgery in the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, developed a novel way to identify brain activity that could be predictive of the onset of a ...

Epilepsy is a common neurological condition which leads to seizures. It affects millions of people in the United States and tens of millions worldwide. It's important to know what epilepsy is, how to ...

Migraine seizures are defined as having a migraine aura followed by a seizure within 1 hour. There is debate around the link between the two. Learn more.

Patients can spend anywhere from several days to several weeks in an epilepsy monitoring unit with electrodes protruding from holes drilled in their skulls. This is intracranial EEG, and it is now ...

SAN DIEGO — Certain musical elements within songs — especially when tied to emotional memories — may trigger a rare form of epilepsy known as musicogenic epilepsy, new research suggested The term ...

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s lead asset, azetukalner (XEN1101), shows promising phase 2b results for focal onset seizures (FOS) and is in phase 3 trials for FOS and PGTCS. Despite failing to meet the ...