Columnist Allyx Formalejo reminds readers this National Epilepsy Awareness Month that some stories about epilepsy begin with ...

The present study was designed to evaluate the genetic mechanisms in patients with focal epileptiform discharges in the mid-temporal or central regions, an electroencephalographic abnormality of high ...

One-third of epilepsy patients have seizures that are not controlled by medications. In addition, one-third have brain lesions, the hallmark of the disease, which cannot be located by conventional ...

A 45 year-old woman presented for evaluation of poorly controlled temporal lobe seizures, despite taking three anticonvulsant medications. Her seizures always started with a "deja vu" feeling, ...

A team of researchers from the Florida State University College of Medicine has found that an amino acid produced by the brain could play a crucial role in preventing a type of epileptic seizure.

Brain CT shows right temporal lobe epilepsy with hypometabolism. Seizures in the elderly often mimic other conditions, such as transient ischemic attack or dementia. Don't be fooled into a ...

A recent study published in Epilepsia, the official journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), indicates that people who have uncontrolled seizures on the left side of their brains ...

A 23 year-old woman presented for evaluation of intractable seizures. Her seizures would typically start with the perception of an odd smell followed by a staring spell. She would remain awake but ...