The research, published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience, reveals that after a seizure occurs, the brain enters a state of deep sleep that mimics the process of memory storage. Instead of ...

The brain reinforces seizure networks during post-seizure sleep by hijacking the same mechanisms used for memory consolidation.

The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new ...

African woman sleeping in her bed. Young woman sleeping in her bed in the morning at home. While there has recently been a surge in research regarding the complex relationship between sleep and ...

New research from Mayo Clinic reveals that the brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like memories.

A recent Mayo Clinic study looked at a process in the brain that, following a seizure, might reinforce future seizures — and potentially provides a new treatment window for those ...

LOS ANGELES — Individuals with both uncontrolled epilepsy and sleep apnea are at significantly higher risk for mortality than those with epilepsy alone, according to a new analysis of over 2 million ...

boy laying in bed The comorbid presence of central apnea has been identified by multiple researchers as predictive of SUDEP. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has an estimated incidence rate ...

Epilepsy treatment needs more than two elements because doctors need to understand which medications control seizures and their required dosage. The main method to control seizures involves medicine ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In models accounting for demographics, hypertension, stroke and more, hypoxemia and sleep apnea were linked to ...