New research conducted by neuroscientists from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) published in Nature Medicine has identified a new gene involved in epilepsy and could potentially provide a new treatment option for [...]

Electrical stimulation, brain “cooling” and drug-delivery devices are all being developed as antiseizure tools Epilepsy affects some 2.7 million Americans—more than Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) combined. More than [...]

Simple wrist sensors let neurologists collect better data about patients with epilepsy — and could alert patients that they need to seek medical care. In this week’s issue of the journal Neurology, researchers at MIT and [...]