Epilepsy results from abnormal electrical activity in the brain that can cause seizures affecting the whole body or only particular functions. A childhood condition, benign rolandic epilepsy causes partial seizures in affected children. Seizures...
According to the Sydney Cognitive Development Centre, while convulsions and seizures are common among children, epilepsy is less so, occurring only in 1 percent of children. While many people habitually interchange the word seizure with epilepsy,...
Seizures are electrical malfunctions in the brain's communication system. Neurons, the cells that make up the brain and the central nervous system, communicate with one another with biochemical signals that can sometimes go awry. When this...
Seizures or convulsions are caused by abnormal activity in the brain. The brain functions like an electrical system, so a seizure can be equated with a short-circuit of the system. Seizures manifest themselves as unusual activity in the body, from...
Epilepsy, seizure. Two words used in conjunction with one another, often interchangeably and misunderstood. A seizure is the action, the problem. Multiple types of seizures exist. Epilepsy, on the other hand, is a word describing the frequency of...
Chronic insomnia can result from many factors. Some of them are controllable when a certain substance is involved. Other causes of frequent insomnia may have deep underlying origins that need to be examined and banished with the help of...
Epilepsy is a nervous system disorder that results from abnormal electrical activity of the brain. Potassium channels have fundamental roles in electrical conductivity of the brain cells. Mutations in potassium channels are thought to be central...
