A recent retrospective study by Vossel and colleagues [2] covering a 5-year period (2007-2012) reported on 12 patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and 35 patients with Alzheimer ...

Epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease are bidirectionally related. Epilepsy is often complicated by progressive cognitive impairments, and late-onset epilepsy (onset generally after 55–65 years of age) is ...

Observational data point to a relationship between the vascular system and epilepsy beyond the brain. Among people ages 40 and older, heart attack survivors had a disproportionately greater risk of ...

Slowly and inexorably, Alzheimer’s disease steals a person away. Taking memory and cognitive abilities. Pilfering personality and social skills. Robbing a person of the ability to care for herself.

Dear J.M.: Encephalitis means inflammation of the brain, which is a rare condition. It can be caused by infections ...

According to a recent study, in patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), epileptic seizures are significantly more common than previously known. The discovery deepens understanding of the symptoms ...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders in the world. According to the World Health Organization, around 50 ...

If you have a first seizure as an adult, it could be an indication of epilepsy, or it may be an isolated episode. Causes in adults include a stroke, head trauma, alcohol withdrawal, brain tumor, or ...

Scientists are unraveling the role of senescent cells in a common form of epilepsy, and it could point to new treatments.

Autoimmune epilepsy is a newly defined group of conditions characterized by recurrent seizures associated with autoimmunity. Cancer and infections are two potential triggers. Epilepsy is a seizure ...