Epilepsy is often linked to genetic factors, brain injuries, infections, or developmental disorders. Seizures are sudden bursts of electrical activity in the brain that can disrupt normal function.

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have used an advanced gene-editing technique to correct the underlying ...

Question: What causes epilepsy? Is it inherited? Answer: Epilepsy may be inherited, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. Beagles, keeshonds and dachshunds sometimes have epilepsy as an inheritable ...

If you or a loved one has experienced a seizure, you know how scary they can be. The uncontrolled jolting, stiffening of the body, and even loss of consciousness can be unnerving under the best of ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have used a next-generation form of gene editing to fix the underlying cause of a severe form of epilepsy in lab mice.

Almost three and a half million people suffer from epilepsy, a disorder of the brain that can cause seizures. For some, these seizures can be controlled with medication. Others will need brain surgery ...

In a recent study, genetic mutations of the KCNQ2 potassium ion channel were identified in 8/80 (10%) of children with early infantile seizures and associated psychomotor retardation. [1] Seizures ...

September 21, 2010 (San Francisco, California) — Some patients with cryptogenic partial seizures refractory to traditional antiepileptic medications may have "autoimmune epilepsy" — epilepsy ...

A seizure is a sudden electrical disturbance in the brain that may occur due to triggers like fever or injury and can be a ...

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...