Generalized epilepsy has traditionally been considered a seizure of the "'whole brain.'" However, new research has challenged ...

Both add-on therapy and substitution monotherapy are equally effective as second-line treatments for women with idiopathic ...

While generalized seizures cause convulsions, epilepsy includes other types like absence seizures (brief awareness lapses), ...

Each year on March 26, the Purple Day of Epilepsy is observed to raise awareness around the condition. Read on to know more ...

Frederic L.W.V.J. Schaper, MD, PhD , director of Epilepsy Network Mapping at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at ...

Frederic L.W.V.J. Schaper, MD, PhD, director of Epilepsy Network Mapping at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an instructor of neurology at Harvard Medical ...

There are two main types of seizures. Focal, or partial seizures happen in just one part of the brain, while generalized seizures seem to occur all over the brain. Symptoms usually vary depending ...

Seizure types included generalized (primary generalized tonic-clonic, myoclonic, tonic, atonic, absence) and partial (simple, complex, and secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures); 10 (15% ...