A new global study has found genetic changes that may make individuals with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure ...

Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type 2 is a congenital malformation of the cerebral cortex that is often associated with ...

Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global study.

Researchers from the Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have completed a comprehensive natural history study of SCN8A-related disorders, which ...

Researchers have completed a comprehensive natural history study of SCN8A-related disorders, which represent a spectrum of neurological symptoms. The study, using retrospective clinical information ...

So focal seizure is when the seizure starts in one area of the brain ... have hallucinations, etc. Young children may laugh or spit when having a seizure. One in 26 Americans have been diagnosed with ...

When an epileptic seizure starts in one side of the brain, it’s called a focal onset seizure or a focal seizure. Both terms mean the same thing. During a focal aware seizure, you stay fully aware of ...

"The disrespect, the violent way he was treated and acknowledging that he had this seizure," one local woman said, KTVU reports. "There is a sense that people are not going to accept that kind of ...

It can affect people of all ages, with diagnoses most common in children and those over 60 ... invasive brain pacemaker for drug-resistant focal epilepsy patients across the UK.

Focal’s first wireless headphones, the $699 Focal Bathys, will soon be joined by an upgraded edition called the Bathys MG. As the name suggests, the new model’s biggest improvement is the use ...

A drug typically prescribed for arthritis halts brain-damaging seizures in mice that have a condition like epilepsy, according to researchers. If the drug proves viable for human patients ...

Around 360,000 people in the UK have a condition known as focal epilepsy, which causes seizures to spread from part of the brain. A third of these individuals have persistent seizures despite ...