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 ...

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.

The swelling in her legs persisted for over a week, so Abigail Chua, then 13, went to the doctor and was put through a ...

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 ...

Dravet syndrome is a rare, severe form of epilepsy with symptoms that begin before a child turns 15 months old (and often within the first year of life). (1) Formerly known as severe myoclonic ...

A collaborative study describes a novel myoclonic epilepsy syndrome in dogs for the first time and discovers its genetic cause at DIRAS1 gene. The affected dogs developed myoclonic seizures at young ...

Researh groups from the University of Helsinki, the LMU Munich and the University of Guelph have described in collaboration a novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs and identified its genetic cause. The ...

Baseball season is usually one of the busiest times of the year for the Maxie family. With Kyle Maxie as Southern Academy's ...

Pasquale Striano, Federico Zara, Julie Turnbull, Jean-Marie Girard, Cameron A Ackerley, Mariarosaria Cervasio, Gaetano De Rosa, Maria Laura Del Basso-De Caro, Salvatore Striano and Berge A Minassian* ...

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.