What happens to a person during an attack varies depending on the location and type of problem in the brain. Most cases of epilepsy have no explanation, but may be caused by small areas of scar tissue from injuries to the brain. Epileptic seizures range from whole body convulsions and ...
Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain in which seizures, caused by abnormal neural activity, disrupt normal brain function. Seizures can vary in their type and severity, sometimes causing convulsions and other abnormal movements, confusion, or loss of consciousness. People with uncontrolled seizures ma...
1 It affects ∼1% of the population worldwide at the age of 20 years and 3% at the age of 75 years;2 ∼80% of epilepsy cases occur in the developing countries, and three-fourths of the affected individuals do not get appropriate treatment.1 Epilepsy is a highly heterogeneous condition...
Epilepsy is caused by an electrical event in the human brain and can affect any part of the body. Where it occurs in the brain along with how much of the brain it entails, and how it spreads to other parts of the body can impact individuals differently who have this disorder. The condi...
Seizures are ultimately caused by increased neuronal excitability. The cause of this is unknown but the two most prominent theories are: • The excitatory/inhibitory neurotransmitter imbalance theory, which postulates that an imbalance exists between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters that allows ...
The disease is caused by infec- tion with the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, and is transmitted by blackflies of the genus Simulium, which breed in fast-flowing, well-oxygenated rivers [2]. Onchocerciasis has huge socio-economic and psycho- social implications for the unfortunate ...
Sometimes, a mutation in one or more genes can cause abnormalities in the brain that can be passed down and make a whole family more susceptible to epilepsy or other brain disorders. Brain Injury Brain injuries, such as those caused bybirth injuries, motor vehicle collisions, or any accident ...
different antiepileptic drugs are used to treat different underlying syndromes. Seizures occur more often in some syndromes versus others. Therefore, if one observes cognitive differences between patients taking different drugs, is this caused by the drugs themselves, the different syndromes, or by diffe...
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of North Pacific Epilepsy Research in Portland, Oregon. "If Lamictal is controlling a woman's seizures very well, and she begins to take the pill, sometimes the seizure control is not as good." (Lamictal and other seizure medications can also become less effective when a woman is pregnant....