All Recent Epilepsy Research Summaries

  • Genetic Causes Found In Some Children With Severe Epilepsy – illustration

    Genetic Causes Found In Some Children With Severe Epilepsy
    July 27, 2026
    This hospital-based study looked at 136 children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs).
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  • Brain Network Models May Help Find Seizure Start Areas – illustration

    Brain Network Models May Help Find Seizure Start Areas
    July 27, 2026
    This study looked at whether computer models built from seizure-free brain recordings could help identify vulnerable…
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  • Real-Time Brain Signal Tool May Improve Epilepsy Surgery – illustration

    Real-Time Brain Signal Tool May Improve Epilepsy Surgery
    July 27, 2026
    This study looked at whether a computer system could find very fast brain wave patterns called…
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  • Genetic Cause Found In Hard-To-Treat Childhood Absence Seizures – illustration

    Genetic Cause Found In Hard-To-Treat Childhood Absence Seizures
    July 26, 2026
    This report describes one child: a 12-year-old girl who presented at age 11 with daily absence…
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  • Thinking Skills Often Stay Stable After Epilepsy Surgery – illustration

    Thinking Skills Often Stay Stable After Epilepsy Surgery
    July 26, 2026
    This study examined how intellectual test scores changed over time in children and adolescents who had…
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  • Two Brain Stimulation Options Help Children With Hard-To-Treat Epilepsy – illustration

    Two Brain Stimulation Options Help Children With Hard-To-Treat Epilepsy
    July 26, 2026
    This study looked at thalamic neuromodulation for children with drug-resistant epilepsy, meaning epilepsy that did not…
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  • Child Brain Scan Template Improves Seizure Source Detection – illustration

    Child Brain Scan Template Improves Seizure Source Detection
    July 25, 2026
    This study looked at whether brain PET scan templates made for children, and matched to different…
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  • New Brain Scans May Better Guide Epilepsy Surgery – illustration

    New Brain Scans May Better Guide Epilepsy Surgery
    July 25, 2026
    This paper is a review, not a new experiment.
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  • Perampanel Alone May Help Children With Epilepsy – illustration

    Perampanel Alone May Help Children With Epilepsy
    July 25, 2026
    This paper reviewed published studies on using perampanel alone (monotherapy) in children with epilepsy.
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