Researchers from the University of Freiburg in Germany have found that deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the brain’s temporal lobe can offset seizures from epilepsy in mouse models. Patients with ...

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, ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new, personalized approach to deep brain stimulation (DBS) for people with drug-resistant epilepsy. By mapping each patient's unique brain wave patterns, the ...

But long-term mortality -- which her group considered a proxy for seizure control -- became substantially worse for patients treated with VNS compared with the intracranial implants, starting at about ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — Using deep brain stimulation techniques, neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic are looking for early signals in the brain to help stop seizures. In their biomarker discovery initiative ...

Oran, who had been having severe epileptic seizures for eight years and often needed resuscitation, was the first child in the UK to have this device implanted at Great Ormond Street Hospital in ...

The study was carried out by an international group of researchers including epilepsy experts from the Epilepsy Society’s Chalfont Centre. It is believed to be the longest single-centre follow-up of ...

NAVASOTA, Texas (KBTX) - A Navasota man diagnosed with epilepsy used to suffer from aggressive seizures, but after undergoing brain surgery, he got to press the reset button on life. Chase Griffin, 24 ...

What Is Deep Brain Stimulation? The procedure involves implanting electrodes within areas of the brain for people with movement conditions. "The electrodes produce electrical impulses that affect ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...