The one-year, CAST-accredited Stereotactic, Functional and Epilepsy Neurosurgery Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham offers comprehensive subspecialty training in functional ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery released a position statement supporting the ...

Researchers at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology have discovered a network of connections in the brain linked to seizures in people with epilepsy. The team believes that their findings, ...

More than three million people in the U.S. suffer from epilepsy, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one-third of people with epilepsy don't respond to medications used ...

Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is an innovative technique used to treat certain types of epilepsy by using a laser to remove brain tissue responsible for triggering seizures. The University ...

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 ...

Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Van Gogh, Lewis Carroll and Theodore Roosevelt all had epilepsy. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder of the central nervous system characterized by abnormal brain activity ...

Neurosurgery One reports that new-onset seizures can signal brain tumors, prompting urgent investigation, with up to 50% of ...

Jennifer Alvis was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was four years old. Now 40 years old and seizure-free, Alvis jokes that it took 36 years for technology to catch up so she could receive the care ...

Dr. Gary Mathern, whose expertise in complicated seizure disorders is sought after by peers and families around the globe, has been named by UCLA as the inaugural holder of the Dr. Alfonsina Q. Davies ...

Researchers identify early brain connectivity signals that may help predict treatment response after minimally invasive ...