University of Virginia Brain Institute and School of Medicine researchers have received an initial $9.3 million award from the National Institutes of Health to determine if the powerful anesthetic ...

Hospitalization for status epilepticus seizures rose from 2010 to 2019, disproportionately affecting Black patients, U.S. inpatient data showed. The overall prevalence of status epilepticus ...

A rare and nevertheless formidable event in the landscape of epilepsies, New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus (NORSE) is a form of prolonged seizure in which the neurons of the epileptic focus ...

A rare condition that presents with refractory and many times super-refractory status epilepticus, NORSE, including its subtype febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES), is heterogeneous ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Status epilepticus incurred “a large burden” on patients and the U.S. health care system over a 3-year study of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this prior trial, the researchers conducted an analysis of prespecified patient characteristics, such as sex, ...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes temporary brain dysfunction. The aftermath of an epileptic seizure varies for ...

RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNS), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of innovative therapeutics to treat seizure disorders, today presented ...

A case report in Italy suggests breakthrough seizures may be a sign of COVID-19 infection. "We describe the first patient to develop a focal status epilepticus as a presenting symptom of SARS-CoV-2 ...