Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is an epilepsy syndrome with absence seizures that begin in young children. Absence seizures look like staring spells during which the child is not aware or responsive ...

Imagine slipping in and out of consciousness hundreds of times per day, staying awake the whole time but having no sense of awareness during these lapses. In children with absence epilepsy, these ...

Typical absence epileptic seizures mainly affect children and are generalized nonconvulsive seizures that occur several times a day, usually during quiet wakefulness. They are characterized by brief ...

Why does a Seizure occur? A seizure refers to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Normally, nerve cells in the brain communicate with each other by firing tiny electrical impulses. When these ...

In the genetic mouse models of childhood absence epilepsy, brain activity is perturbed between seizures. This creates trouble in the brain, which can persist despite treatment of seizures, according ...

A seizure can be alarming, especially in children, who are often unable to describe it or call for help. Seizures are sudden bursts of electrical activity in the brain that cause changes in behaviour, ...

EEG, a test that measures electrical activity in the brain, has thus far been primarily used to detect seizures, rather than identifying cognitive impairment. This study suggests that looking at EEG ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm your host, Dr Andrew Wilner, reporting on the annual American Epilepsy Society meeting. With me today is my ...

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder of unknown etiology characterized by social and communication deficits and the presence of restricted interests/repetitive behaviors. Higher rates of epilepsy ...

The electroencephalogram (EEG) provides important information to aid clinicians in the diagnosis of epilepsy. However, EEG techniques are associated with certain limitations, as discussed in the ...

Jeffrey Noebels and his team at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas used two genetic mouse models of absence epilepsy and compared them to unaffected mice. They analysed the EEG when the mice ...