Behavioral scoring based on clinical observations remains the gold standard for screening, diagnosing,and evaluating ...

Epilepsy is a condition that affects people ... Myoclonic seizures: Shock-like, quick spasms in one or more muscles. - Focal Seizures: These seizures originate in a single brain region and ...

The ketogenic diet is a nonpharmacologic treatment for epilepsy. Infantile spasm is a particular form of epilepsy in infants characterized by a high level of resistance to antiepileptic drugs and ...

Onset usually occurs during childhood, and up to one third of children with tuberous sclerosis complex will develop infantile spasms. Although not completely understood, the incidence of epilepsy ...

Mar. 25, 2025 — A drug typically prescribed for arthritis halts brain-damaging seizures in mice that have a condition like epilepsy, according to researchers. If the drug proves viable for human ...

“Infantile spasms is a condition that we actually do see a fair bit of,” he said. “Although it’s relatively uncommon amongst pediatric epilepsy, we see probably about one to two cases ...

Epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterised ... I tried to speak, to call out for help, but no words came. Then the spasms started. My muscles tightened painfully beyond my control, throwing ...