Researchers studying a difficult-to-treat form of childhood epilepsy called infantile spasms have developed a line of mice that experiences seizures with features closely resembling those occurring in ...

ELK CITY, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Therapeutic Solutions International (TSOI) announced today successful administration of JadiCells into a treatment resistant epilepsy patient resulting in a profound ...

One of the brain's most important chemical messengers has led Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researchers on a wild ride. Primarily interested in how and why nerve cells die in neurodegenerative ...

Epilepsy is a disorder characterized by abnormal brain activity (often caused by a genetic condition, injury, or stroke) which results in seizures. Upwards of 3 million people in the U.S. live with ...

A team of neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found, in animal models, that they can “switch off” epileptic seizures. The findings provide the first evidence that while ...

A new study published Tuesday is the first to link trace amounts of a commonly used but controversial weed killer to seizures in animals, raising new questions about how the chemical may affect the ...

Almost everyone has been touched by, or knows someone, with epilepsy. This complex, serious neurological disorder affects nearly 3 million adults in the U.S., or around 1% of the population — causing ...

Phenobarbital is a drug that veterinarians use to treat dogs having seizures. The drug is categorized as a barbiturate. Your vet may give it to your dog if they have epilepsy or other causes of ...