A 25-year follow-up study reveals that 68% of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) became seizure-free, with nearly 30% no longer needing antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. A 25-year ...

In juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, data are limited on the genetic basis of networks promoting convulsions with diffuse polyspikes on electroencephalography (EEG) and the subtle microscopic brain ...

A new study shows that wearable sensor technology can be used to reliably assess the occurrence of myoclonic jerks in patients with epilepsy also in the home environment. A new study by the University ...

Background. A 20-year-old woman presented to a specialist epilepsy center with a 3-year history of drug-resistant epileptic seizures, progressive myoclonus, ataxia, and cognitive decline.

A 25-year follow-up study reveals that 68% of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) became seizure-free, with nearly 30% no longer needing antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. Findings ...

Loss-of-function mutations in the gene (CSTB) encoding human cystatin B, a widely expressed cysteine protease inhibitor, are responsible for a severe neurological disorder known as Unverricht-Lundborg ...

J Child Neurol. 2004;19(8):571-578. Patients with an isolated visually induced seizure in special circumstances, with or without a photoparoxysmal response on the EEG. This group comprises patients ...

When Jackson Small began having seizures at 7, his parents hoped and assumed at least one of the many epilepsy drugs on the market would be enough to get things under control. But one seizure quickly ...

Myoclonus is a sudden, random muscle jerk. It can happen alone or stem from a medical condition. Possible causes include medication side effects, damage to the nervous system, and disorders that ...

STEVENAGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autifony Therapeutics Limited (“Autifony”), which is pioneering the development of novel pharmaceutical treatments for rare CNS disorders and other serious brain ...