Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD Key Takeaways Migralepsy is when a migraine with aura causes seizures, not the ...

Optogenetics employs a harmless virus to deliver light-sensitive genes to a particular set of neurons in the brain that can then be switched on and off with pulses of light. In a first, UC researchers ...

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J Child Neurol. 2004;19(8):571-578. Patients with an isolated visually induced seizure in special circumstances, with or without a photoparoxysmal response on the EEG. This group comprises patients ...

An animated promo for the London 2012 Olympics has raised seizure concerns. June 7, 2007 — -- If the goal of an animated promo for the London 2012 Olympics logo was to elicit a strong response ...

UNITED STATES - Nearly three million U.S. adults live with epilepsy, a chronic brain disorder that causes recurring, unprovoked seizures, according to the CDC. Despite its prevalence, many people ...

Sept. 19 -- FRIDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Mutations in a sodium channel gene are associated with fever-induced seizures and a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome in children 6 months ...