Medication has long been the cornerstone of treatment for people with epilepsy, but it doesn't stop seizures for everyone and ...

A University of Alabama at Birmingham pediatric neurosurgeon has performed the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure for epilepsy at Children’s of Alabama (COA), offering a new treatment option ...

Doctors and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC have developed a new treatment for epilepsy patients who don't respond to medication and aren't candidates for surgery. Their approach, ...

Frederic L.W.V.J. Schaper, MD, PhD, director of Epilepsy Network Mapping at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an instructor of neurology at Harvard Medical ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure that entails the delivery of high-frequency electrical impulses to ...

Brigham researchers mapped lesions related to epilepsy to a common brain circuit This study points to a novel role of deep brain circuits in the cause and control of epilepsy New findings highlight ...

Dr. Paul Koch discusses deep brain stimulation research and the treatment of disease. This is an in-depth interview with Dr. Paul Koch, assistant professor with the Virginia Commonwealth University ...

It is estimated that one-third of the 50 million people worldwide with epilepsy are resistant to anti-seizure medications. These patients, with drug-resistant epilepsy, have limited treatment options ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment for various neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and obsessive-compulsive disorder. It involves surgically implanting an electrode into your ...

WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc missed the main effectiveness goal in a study testing an approved brain device for treatment of epilepsy, U.S. device reviewers said in documents ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are using sophisticated brain mapping to help reduce epilepsy symptoms. REB Images/Getty Images In a new study, scientists mapped lesions in the brain associated with ...

It is estimated that one-third of the 50 million people worldwide with epilepsy are resistant to anti-seizure medications. These patients, having drug-resistant epilepsy, have limited treatment ...