More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth-most common neurologic condition in the world. November is National ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cavion, Inc. announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in its innovative T-WAVE Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial (NCT03406702). T-WAVE ...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cavion, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for neurological diseases, announced today that their first ...
Researchers used a rodent model to discover that shifting the firing pattern of a particular set of brain cells is all it takes to initiate, or to terminate, an absence seizure. A particular structure ...
Seizures are divided into two main types - generalised and partial. This is based on the International classification of epileptic seizures proposed by the Commission on Classification and Terminology ...
Impaired consciousness has long been considered the hallmark of epileptic seizures. Both generalized seizures and complex partial seizures are characterized by a multifaceted spectrum of altered ...
A series of conceptual reconsiderations and therapeutic advances in recent years has resulted in meaningful changes in the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of epilepsy. The first step in ...
Children referred to a first seizure clinic often see a neurologist epilepsy specialist within 1 week for timely diagnosis and treatment.
If someone having a seizure is convulsing, he or she is likely experiencing a generalized tonic-clonic seizure, also known as a grand mal seizure. During the tonic phase of this kind of seizure, ...