Epileptic activity can be induced acutely by blocking synaptic and voltage-gated inhibitory conductances 1,2 or by activating synaptic and voltage-gated excitatory conductances 3. Seizures are blocked ...

Epilepsy isn't always easy to diagnose. Seizures often don't occur during routine brain-wave recordings (EEGs), leaving ...

Depression is a serious and frequent comorbidity of epilepsy and other neurological conditions. Here, we review recent studies on the relationship between epilepsy and depression with regard to ...

Medication doesn’t control your seizures One side of your brain is working so poorly that losing part of it won’t affect you very much Afterward, you may have fewer seizures or none at all.

Epilepsy is a condition in which people have recurring seizures. Doctors diagnose epilepsy if people have had more than one seizure. Brain tumor-related epilepsy (BTRE) is a type of epilepsy that ...

In some cases, seasonal allergies can increase a person’s risk of having a seizure. Some research suggests a connection between allergic diseases and epilepsy. Seasonal allergies, also known as ...

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 ...

Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes repeated episodes of unprovoked seizures. There is no cure for epilepsy, but medications may help keep symptoms under control. Epilepsy is almost always ...

Epilepsy specialist nurses support people with all aspects of living with epilepsy and play a key role in ensuring continuity of care. They act as a point of contact for people with epilepsy, their ...