In temporal lobe epilepsy — a common and debilitating form of the disorder — seizures often cause those affected to lose consciousness. But why that happens has been unclear. In a new study, Yale ...
Seizures can be predicted more than 30 minutes before onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, opening the door to a therapy using electrodes that could be activated to prevent seizures from ...
The present study was designed to evaluate the genetic mechanisms in patients with focal epileptiform discharges in the mid-temporal or central regions, an electroencephalographic abnormality of high ...
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 ...
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 ...
A 23 year-old woman presented for evaluation of intractable seizures. Her seizures would typically start with the perception of an odd smell followed by a staring spell. She would remain awake but ...
A similar neuropathology could be one reason for the similarities of the psychosis in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) to schizophrenia. We investigated whether these two patient groups show ...
SAN DIEGO — Certain musical elements within songs — especially when tied to emotional memories — may trigger a rare form of epilepsy known as musicogenic epilepsy, new research suggested The term ...
November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month and one Indianapolis woman wants to nurture compassion for those who suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy through ...
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: (Left) T1-weighted axial MRI; (Middle) T1-weighted with gadolinium axial MRI; (Right) T2-weighted axial MRI. Note the prominent lesion in the right temporal lobe. With ...
Researchers have long known that seizures can affect consciousness in very different ways. In temporal lobe epilepsy, impaired awareness is linked to slow wave activity in the brain. But what about ...