Learn how first-line antiepileptic drugs, personalized care, and lifestyle changes work together to manage generalized epilepsy effectively.

Find out about the different kinds of epilepsy, and learn what types of seizures are typical of each type.

Generalized seizures. These happen when nerve cells on both sides of your brain misfire. They can cause a variety of symptoms such as muscle stiffening, falls, and jerking movements. Often, they ...

Childhood Absence Epilepsy (CAE) is a neurological condition causing brief, unnoticed seizures often mistaken for daydreaming ...

Epilepsy is a complicated neurological disorder that needs to be managed carefully. People with epilepsy can have happy, ...

Generalized epilepsy is now increasingly recognized as a brain network disease, but the location of this network and its potential therapeutic role remain unidentified.

Research spotlight: A generalized epilepsy network derived from brain abnormalities and deep brain stimulation Generalized epilepsy has traditionally been considered a seizure of the ‘whole ...

Epilepsy Seizure Types: Focal vs. Generalized Seizures Your epileptologist (epilepsy specialist) will determine what type of seizure you have based on your symptoms and diagnostic test results. Our ...

But there are other types of generalized seizures. One possibility was an atonic seizure, in which patients suddenly lose the use of their muscles — sometimes for less than a second — and fall ...

As frightening as they can be, seizures are also more common than many people realize. One person in 10 is likely to have a seizure in their lifetime, according to the Epilepsy Foundation.

Andrew N. Wilner, MD, and Jacqueline French, MD, discuss the diagnosis of epilepsy and the use of remote adjudication of patients in clinical trials.