BMB-101 demonstrated significant anti-seizure benefit in both cohorts with favorable safety and tolerability Absence: 73.1% ...

Epilepsy is very common in tuberous sclerosis complex and occurs in 80 to 90% of affected individuals during their lifetime. Onset usually occurs during childhood, and up to one third of children with ...

A recent study characterizes silent seizures in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome and identifies a new brain area that could be targeted to stop them. As early as 3 months of age, infants with a severe ...

(NewsNation) — March 26 is Purple Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about epilepsy worldwide. An estimated 50 million people worldwide are diagnosed with epilepsy, and seizures are the main ...

Atypical, because they last longer--10 to 30 seconds on average--than those seen in children with typical absence epilepsy. Absence, because the patients appear as if they are mentally absent during ...

New research confirms that a parasitic worm may trigger the onset of nodding syndrome (NS), an incurable childhood seizure disorder. The research "provides insight into the pathophysiological ...

New Treatment Option for Seizures Associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Eisai Corporation of North America announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--January 2, 2019--As early as 3 months of age, infants with a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome start having convulsive seizures, during which their arms and legs jerk ...