A team of WashU Medicine researchers has discovered a promising new use for Prozac, which is the brand name of the antidepressant fluoxetine, in the treatment of children with rare forms of epilepsy.

Patients with treatment-resistant epilepsy often cycle through multiple medications as they seek relief from the seizures that disrupt their lives. Yet in many cases, these drugs offer little benefit, ...

A drug made from marijuana that does not produce a "high" may help reduce seizures in people with certain types of epilepsy that are difficult to treat, new research suggests. In two new studies, ...

On average, people with epilepsy live 10-12 years fewer than those who do not have the condition. Excess mortality is particularly pronounced among people with epilepsy and mental disorders. On ...

Comorbid sleep disorders among patients with epilepsy are linked to higher SUDEP risk scores and all-cause mortality.

Scientists are reporting a breakthrough discovery: A $3-per-pill epilepsy drug may be used to “switch off” autism symptoms in mice, according to a new peer-reviewed study published Tuesday in ...

Why do adults make new brain cells? A study published in Cell Stem Cell provides the first cellular evidence that making new brain cells in adults supports verbal learning and memory, which enables ...

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has allowed researchers to map the memory functions that are often impaired within the brains of children with epilepsy. Additionally, a separate study of ...

Background Metformin demonstrates antiepileptogenic (primary prevention) and antiseizure (symptom control) properties in ...

For months, the parents of 12-year-old Rahul were puzzled by his strange behavior at the dinner table. He would suddenly stop eating, stare blankly, twitch his lips, and rest his head on the table, ...