Focal epilepsy is when people have recurrent seizures that may cause symptoms affecting only one side of the body. Seizures in epilepsy can be focal or generalized. Focal epilepsy seizures, sometimes ...

It is usually diagnosed after a person has two or more unprovoked seizures. In a focal onset seizure, abnormal electrical activity occurs in one sensory area of the brain. Also known as partial ...

More than three million Americans are diagnosed with epilepsy, and roughly a third of them cannot get relief from medications ...

There are two subtypes of focal seizures, which identify whether, or not, the person loses consciousness: Medical term: A generalized seizure is when all areas of the brain are affected by ...

There are two main types of seizures. Focal, or partial seizures happen in just one part of the brain, while generalized seizures seem to occur all over the brain. Symptoms usually vary depending ...

One type of seizure is called a focal onset seizure. This kind happens when the burst of electrical activity starts on one side of the brain. If your child is awake and aware of what's happening ...

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and a focal lesion must be immediately considered. It should also be noted that a generalized seizure, although infrequent (occurring in only 8 per cent), similarly does not exclude the diagnosis ...

There are no previous reports to our knowledge of using BTX to treat the pain from intractable focal motor seizures. Case Report: We present a case of chronic, focal, muscle pain, and spasm ...

Biohaven has surged driven by promising data from its troriluzole trials for spinocerebellar ataxia and ongoing OCD studies.

University of California San Diego is conducting new, Phase 2/3 national epilepsy clinical research trials, called Rise, to study BHV-7000, a novel investigational therapy, in focal epilepsy.