HOUSTON — After 35 years, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has approved a new classification system for seizures. One of the main changes is that seizures formerly known as "simple ...

Updates to a 1980s classification system of epilepsies and seizure types, which identify several types of seizure not captured in the previous version, are expected to allow more fully informed ...

For the first time in almost three decades, the classification for epileptic seizures has been updated. The new system formally recognizes some seizure types, provides additional information on causes ...

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has revised its classification of seizure types to improve nomenclature, add new seizure types, and give clinicians the ability to classify seizures ...

Epilepsy patients with complex partial seizures have impaired consciousness during seizure episodes and typically have no memory of the event. However, the mechanisms of seizure unconsciousness are ...

Brain CT shows right temporal lobe epilepsy with hypometabolism. Seizures in the elderly often mimic other conditions, such as transient ischemic attack or dementia. Don't be fooled into a ...

The causes of focal onset seizures can include epilepsy, stroke, or low blood sugar. Other times, the causes are unknown. Medication can help prevent focal seizures. The human brain works by sending ...

The symptoms you experience during a seizure will depend on the cause of your seizure and where it’s occurred in your brain. A partial onset seizure affects only a part of your brain. And there are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A neonatal seizures task force established by the International League Against Epilepsy, or ILAE, published a ...