Epilepsy is best known for seizures, but many people with the condition also experience much more frequent and subtler ...

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Seizures have been described as irregular activity of the nerves in your brain, and sometimes these irregularities can become recurrent or chronic. When seizures become a consistent problem, this ...

Using Neuropixels probes, the scientists mapped the sequential approach by which interictal epileptiform discharges occur in ...

UC San Francisco researchers have identified a predictable pattern in subtle brain disruptions linked to epilepsy, known as interictal epileptiform discharges, detectable a second before they occur.

When 20-year-old Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce died of “sudden unexpected death in epilepsy” (known as SUDEP) in 2019, his parents had not even heard of the condition. “We didn’t know about SUDEP.

Autism spectrum and epilepsy frequently occur together. Both conditions affect brain function and behaviors. However, researchers do not yet fully understand why the two conditions share such a strong ...