A 20-year-old woman presented to a specialist epilepsy center with seizures, myoclonus, ataxia, and impaired executive functions. She was born to unrelated parents, had febrile seizures in infancy, ...

A lifelong illness, Dravet syndrome develops because of a genetic mutation that affects the ability of brain cells to send and receive messages. About 1 in 15,700 infants are born with Dravet syndrome ...

Epilepsy in children is a difficult journey for parents. The very natural reactions of fear, helplessness can be overwhelming ...

Although several drugs in wide use at the present time benefit the majority of patients with petit-mal seizures the seizures of some patients are not controlled by commonly used medications; thus, in ...

Myoclonus is a sudden, random muscle jerk. It can happen alone or stem from a medical condition. Possible causes include medication side effects, damage to the nervous system, and disorders that ...

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 ...