A new MRI technique developed at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, could improve the detection of brain lesions responsible for focal epilepsy. The new method offers greater precision ...

3T MRI is better at detecting and characterizing structural brain abnormalities in patients with focal epilepsy than 1.5T MRI, leading to a better diagnosis and safer treatment of patients, according ...

WEDNESDAY, March 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The first sign of seizures for Amanda Bradbury were auras in her vision that cropped up around age 19. Then came frequent bouts of anxiety, struggling to ...

Medically refractory focal epilepsy is potentially curable by surgery. This Review considers the application of recent advances in structural and functional brain imaging to increase the number of ...

Epilepsy still has no cure, and while many cases can be managed with anti-seizure medications, as many as 30% of cases are drug-resistant and therefore require more intensive treatment methods. One ...

A new machine at Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children allows PET and MRI scans to be combined into a single image that enables surgeons to precisely remove parts of children’s brains to stop ...

Researchers have discovered that mutations in the FOXJ3 gene act as a "master switch" failure, disrupting how the brain builds its layers and leading to FCD, a primary cause of drug-resistant epilepsy ...

A new technique has enabled ultra-powerful magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners to identify tiny differences in patients' brains that cause treatment-resistant epilepsy. In the first study to use ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Human GABAergic interneurons were implanted in two patients with drug-refractory focal epilepsy. Preliminary ...