Correspondence to Mark Nowell, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, Box 29, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, ...

As they play such a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, they have become the targets of many drugs for conditions such as epilepsy, anxiety, depression and insomnia. Yet due to ...

Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate epilepsy predictors, a ...

Provide resuscitation and immediate emergency treatment for children, young people and adults who have convulsive status epilepticus (seizures lasting 5 minutes or more). If the person with convulsive ...

The main treatment for epilepsy is taking epilepsy medicines. They are also known as epilepsy medication, anti-seizure medications (ASMs) or anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs). They don’t cure epilepsy, but ...

Access this 30-minute online training from anywhere, anytime. Seizure First Aid Ready educates the public on the Epilepsy Foundation’s basic procedures for responding to someone having a seizure. The ...

If first-line monotherapy is unsuccessful and epilepsy diagnosis remains confirmed, try monotherapy with another antiseizure medication, using caution during the changeover period: Increase the dose ...

Recent studies reported that DEPDC5 accounted for 13% of ADNFLE, 2% of Rolandic epilepsy (RE) or BECTS, and a small number of TLE. Patients with DEPDC5-related epilepsy syndromes are more likely to ...

and you haven’t had seizures or treatment in the last 5 years You have a confirmed diagnosis of typical benign rolandic epilepsy of childhood and haven’t had seizures or treatment in the last 5 years.

Diagnosing epilepsy is not simple. Doctors gather lots of different information to assess the causes of seizures. If you have had two or more seizures that started in the brain you may be diagnosed ...