Previously, 7T MRI scanners have suffered from signal blackspots in crucial parts of the brain, most commonly in the temporal ...
At first, I didn’t talk about epilepsy in my shows. It never occurred to me that people might want to hear about it.
These are called migraine seizures, or migraine aura-triggered seizures. Migraine seizures are defined as a seizure happening within one hour of having a migraine attack with aura. This condition ...
As we mark Purple Day - the international epilepsy awareness day - we hear from our reporter Oliver Murphy on his journey of ...
A new technique has enabled ultra-powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to identify tiny differences in patients ...
This feeling is also called an aura – and it is one of the first signs that I am about to have a focal epileptic seizure. Next, it feels like a large wave is washing over me and pushing ...
Before an epileptic seizure, he knew, patients experience an "aura," a warning that the seizure is about to occur. Penfield thought if he could provoke this aura with a mild electric current on ...
A seizure occurs when there is sudden abnormal electrical activity that temporarily interrupts normal brain function. Large groups of neurons fire at the same time like an electrical storm inside ...