Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmDFact checked by Khara ScheppmannMedically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmDFact checked by Khara Scheppmann Atonic seizures (also known as drop attacks ...

"But there are different, rarer types of seizures that are not easy to classify—existing techniques have low accuracy in this task." Take, for instance, atonic seizures, a rare type of seizure ...

A seizure is caused by an abnormal change in the brain’s electrical activity. The cause is often an event or condition that disrupts the communication between neurons in the brain. If you’re ...

Generalised seizures can affect both parts of the brain. Examples of these seizures include absent, tonic, atonic, clonic and tonic-clonic seizures. Absent seizure is characterised with staring ...

Objective: To determine the efficacy and tolerability of magnesium valproate as monotherapy in patients with partial or generalised epilepsy. Design and Setting: This was a nonblinded study ...

He added: "Our dinner conversations are no longer about holidays or weekend plans but myoclonic jerks, neurophysiology, electroencephalogram results, dysplasia, tonic seizures and atonic head nods ...