The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new research from Mayo Clinic. The study, published in the Journal of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests that the memory-forming stage of sleep could be key for understanding epileptic seizures. . | Credit: ...

But a new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that for people with epilepsy, the brain may be too good at its job — mistakenly learning how to have future seizures by treating them like valuable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 23—ROCHESTER — A recent Mayo Clinic study looked at a process in the brain that, following a seizure, might reinforce future ...

A person suddenly collapses on their desk or during dinner. Their body stiffens, followed by a violent shaking of the arms ...

New research from the Epilepsy Phenome/Genome Project shows that genetics plays a role in sleep/wake timing of seizures. Researchers studied 1,395 individuals with epilepsy in families containing ...

Newswise — ROCHESTER, Minn. — The brain may inadvertently "learn" to have seizures by treating them like important memories to be stored, according to new research from Mayo Clinic. The study, ...

Sleep could encode epileptic seizures in the brain by repurposing the processes used to solidify memories, potentially making seizures harder to treat or prevent, new research suggests. But the new ...