In findings that raise a variety of questions about how our brains work, and even about the nature of consciousness, UC Santa ...

How did a surgery designed to treat epilepsy end up challenging the very idea of free will? This video explores the ...

A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals ...

Clearing out “aged” brain cells dramatically reduced seizures and restored memory in a new epilepsy study.

Temporal lobe epilepsy, which results in recurring seizures and cognitive dysfunction, is associated with premature aging of brain cells.

Share on Pinterest Researchers are using sophisticated brain mapping to help reduce epilepsy symptoms. REB Images/Getty Images In a new study, scientists mapped lesions in the brain associated with ...

In Nobel Prize research beginning in the 1960s, Roger W. Sperry and colleagues studied the effects of cutting the forebrain commissures in patients as a radical treatment for intractable epilepsy.

Epilepsy surgery is something that many people undergo after trying medication and other therapies that do not work. Since it is a neurosurgery (brain surgery), there is a lot of uncertainty and ...

Military veterans who develop epilepsy following a traumatic brain injury might be more likely to die earlier than others with epilepsy. However, their risk could depend on the cause of their brain ...