Share on Pinterest Researchers are using sophisticated brain mapping to help reduce epilepsy symptoms. REB Images/Getty Images In a new study, scientists mapped lesions in the brain associated with ...

In people with epilepsy, partial seizures are also known as focal seizures. While focal seizures start in one part of the brain, generalized seizures start in both sides of the brain. Disclaimer: AAAS ...

Epilepsy affects one in every 100 people—1 million in Japan and 50 million worldwide. It is the third most common brain disease after stroke and dementia. In Japan, its incidence and prevalence have ...

A next-generation brain implant currently in clinical use for treating refractory epilepsy -- to help prevent symptoms including seizures -- does not induce changes to patients' personalities or ...

Epilepsy is a common but complex neurological disorder that impacts millions of people worldwide. It occurs when groups of neurons in the brain send abnormal signals, leading to seizures. These ...

Three and a half million Americans have epilepsy - a condition where abnormal activity in the brain causes seizures - periods of time where a person loses awareness. When medications don't work to ...

A teen is back to cheer after two brain surgeries stopped her seizures. Hear how specialists at Hillcrest used precision mapping to treat her epilepsy. A teen is back to tumbling, flipping and ...

An international study is showing, for the first time, that it may be possible to predict the onset of epileptic seizures several days in advance. By analyzing data from a clinically approved brain ...