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 ...

‘A vicious cycle’ is the way investigators describe the bidirectional relationship between sleep problems and epilepsy in a recent review article in Archives of Disease in Childhood. 1 "Epilepsy is ...

NEW ORLEANS — Compared to women with other types of epilepsy, those with frontal lobe epilepsy have the highest risk of seizures worsening during pregnancy, new research shows. Investigators found ...

* Seizure spread across the brain, not just origin, drives awareness loss * Findings may inspire //future treatments like brain stimulation Researchers have long known that seizures can affect ...

Researchers at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology have discovered a network of connections in the brain linked to seizures in people with epilepsy. The team believes that their findings, ...

What Is the Frontal Lobe? Your frontal lobe is one of four different sections (also called lobes) of your brain. The four lobes in your brain are called the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital ...

Actio Biosciences Inc. has synthesized potassium channel subfamily T member 1 (KCNT1) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of Brugada’s syndrome, early infantile epileptic encephalopathy ...

For medication-resistant epileptics, surgery is often the only way to stop seizures. However, for those with frontal lobe epilepsy, sometimes surgery doesn’t ensure the seizures stop. A new study has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ChatGPT was better at predicting seizure semiology for frontal, temporal lobes vs. epileptologists.