Neuronal degeneration is the most severe long-term consequence of repetitive seizures in patients with epilepsy, which until now was thought to be primarily caused by excitotoxicity, or ...
— Seizures are waves of abnormal electrical ac­tivity in the brain. They can make you pass out, move, or behave strange­ly. “Febrile” means that a fever causes the seizure. A febrile seizure is a ...
Strokes and seizures are both serious neurological events that significantly impact brain function, yet they differ in their underlying causes, symptoms, and long-term effects. A stroke occurs when ...
“It’s all about the brain,” said Jennifer DeWolfe, D.O., professor in the UAB Department of Neurology. “Seizure manifestations are stereotyped, so the same symptoms occur with each seizure that ...
People with temporal lobe epilepsy in particular often wander around aimlessly and unconsciously after a seizure. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, and the ...