A new USC-led study links abnormal immature astroglia, star-shaped cells that support brain function, to lower fluid ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological syndromes, affecting an estimated 3 million people in the United States. In one-third of these patients, seizures cannot be controlled despite maximal ...

A Japanese case report describes a woman with drug-resistant epilepsy whose seizures fell by about 60 percent after deep brain stimulation of only one side of the thalamus.

A new coordinate-based network mapping study suggests that the scattered gray matter abnormalities reported in idiopathic ...

Neurona Therapeutics’ epilepsy treatment could be a breakthrough for stem-cell technology. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it ...

Cambridge biotech bit.bio has released ioAstrocytes 2.0, a genetically matched human astrocyte model designed to support ...

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common side effect of epilepsy. But you can do plenty to reduce your ED symptoms while also managing epilepsy. Epilepsy is a condition that affects your brain and ...

Smoking may increase seizure frequency in people with epilepsy. People with epilepsy also seem to be more likely to smoke than people in the general population. Smoking may contribute to the ...