Specific protein receptors in the brain play a vital role in how neurons slow down or stop firing, making them targets for ...

Using a single-cell sequencing technique, Brazilian researchers have created the first cell atlas of focal cortical dysplasia ...

A 30-year-old man was treated for drug-resistant epilepsy through a procedure called temporal labectomy with amygdalo-hippocampectomy by doctors at Meenakshi Super Specialty Hospital.

A new international study has unveiled critical insights in understanding post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a condition that can ...

Beyond surgery, Shih says that electrical stimulation to different areas of the brain or nervous system may also prevent or interrupt excessive electrical activity associated with seizures.

Although scientists can learn a lot from cell culture and animal models, they cannot truly substitute for all parts of the ...

Certain proteins found in the human brain have long been known to be critical to controlling how brain cells communicate with each other.

Epilepsy is associated with poor brain health, with a consistent deleterious effect seen on cognitive and motor function and mental health.

Research led by Jia Zhou in the Hibbs Lab at UC San Diego has mapped the structures of human brain receptors for the neurotransmitter GABA. The team obtained samples from epilepsy patients undergoing ...

It may be possible to prevent epilepsy developing after a sudden brain injury, “exciting” new research involving Irish scientists has discovered. Sudden brain injuries often lead to the person ...

Samples were collected with full consent from patients undergoing surgery to treat epilepsy. These surgeries removed small portions of brain tissue that were already being taken out for medical ...