There are two main types of seizures. Focal, or partial seizures happen in just one part of the brain, while generalized seizures seem to occur all over the brain. Symptoms usually vary depending ...

Generalized epilepsy has traditionally been considered a seizure of the "'whole brain.'" However, new research has challenged ...

A seizure happens when there's a strong burst of electrical activity in their brain. This makes the neurons misfire, sending faulty messages when they're not supposed to. One type of seizure is ...

An 18-year-old has revealed how she was tested for countless illnesses throughout 2024 until an unusual symptom exposed the ...

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 ...

More than 50 million people worldwide live with epilepsy, with approximately half of them being children. For about one-third ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — New research focuses on diagnostic delays experienced by people with epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by unpredictable seizures that affects over 3 million people ...

perhaps the most commonly known seizure where a person stiffens, drops to the floor and begins to shake, is one of roughly 40 different types of seizure. Each have their own set of symptoms.