New evidence supports previous data indicating that stress is a significant trigger of seizures in people with epilepsy. Experts encourage the use of stress management strategies as adjunctive care ...

Stress can cause seizures or seizure-like activity in people with or without epilepsy, a neurological disorder that causes abnormal activity in the brain, resulting in seizures. Psychogenic ...

Sleeping patterns and stress hormones could be the key to understanding how and when people with epilepsy are likely to experience seizures, a new study reveals. Researchers used mathematical modeling ...

In response to seizures, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a network of flattened tubes in the cell that packages and transports proteins, triggers a stress response that reduces brain activity and ...

Epileptic seizures occur due to an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory neurosignals. The excitotoxic insults promote the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), unfolded proteins (UFP) ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In 2020, Aaron Pura was training at the police academy in ...

If you have a first seizure as an adult, it could be an indication of epilepsy, or it may be an isolated episode. Causes in adults include a stroke, head trauma, alcohol withdrawal, brain tumor, or ...

A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults also is effective and safe for children, according to a new study. The study is one of the first to investigate responsive ...

Older adults who have a heart attack may be more likely to develop epilepsy later in life, according to a study published in Neurology. While the study shows a link between these conditions, it does ...

Since 1983, eight new AEDs have been introduced (see Table 2 below). Sadly, a recent VA study of more than 21,000 subjects aged 65 years and older revealed that 80% were being treated with ...