Scientists are testing a strikingly simple idea for calming some of the brain’s most stubborn seizures: remove the aging ...

When a high fever triggers seizures in a child, the experience can be very scary for the parents, but most of the time, the seizures will resolve on their own. Febrile seizures are convulsions that ...

Aug. 8 -- THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Even in high-risk children, death from febrile (fever-linked) seizures is rare, say Danish researchers who analyzed data on 1.6 million children. Febrile ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama have found a way to mimic epileptic seizures in the tiny roundworm C. elegans. The finding could make the worm a powerful model for unraveling the molecular ...

September 22, 2011 — A new study has shed more light on the link between febrile seizures and fever-induced respiratory alkalosis. The study shows that children with febrile seizures have a relatively ...

A febrile seizure is a convulsion that can occur when a child has a fever, usually as a result of infection. The seizure often occurs during the first day of a fever, which is defined as a temperature ...

Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD), a local malformation of cortical development, is the most common cause of pharmacoresistant epilepsy associated with life-long neurocognitive impairments. It remains ...

Febrile (fever-induced) seizures affect 3–5% of infants and young children. Despite the high incidence of febrile seizures, their contribution to the development of epilepsy later in life has remained ...

Silently Seizing: Common, Unrecognized, and Frequently Missed Seizures and Their Potentially Damaging Impact on Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders is an extremely informative book. It's ...

If your child has a seizure, it's natural to have plenty of concerns about what exactly happened, why, and what comes next. There are treatments that can help, but a lot depends on the cause of the ...