The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new ...

The brain reinforces seizure networks during post-seizure sleep by hijacking the same mechanisms used for memory consolidation.

A recent Mayo Clinic study looked at a process in the brain that, following a seizure, might reinforce future seizures — and potentially provides a new treatment window for those ...

New research from Mayo Clinic reveals that the brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like memories.

Writing for The Conversation (republished below), researchers Jaideep Kapur, director of the University of Virginia Brain Institute, and Anastasia Brodovskaya, a UVA postdoctoral fellow in neurology, ...

Patients with functional seizures had slightly better cognitive performance than those with epilepsy, but worse performance compared with a healthy cohort of patients, according to a systematic review ...

Seizures during sleep may be responsible for some sudden deaths in young children, according to researchers from NYU Langone Health who used home monitoring video donated by families of seven toddlers ...

The gene most strongly correlated with Alzheimer's disease also boosts seizure activity by decreasing levels of ion pumps and energy-producing enzymes in neurons, a new study by researchers at the ...

I was 31 when I began to think with my new brain. I’d been diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 11 and struggled with forgetfulness, interruptions in my thoughts and a lack of focus my entire life. I ...

Increasing use of brain monitoring via continuous EEG in intensive care units has revealed that subclinical seizures are common among adults and children with acute brain injury. Subclinical seizures ...