robert mckee

Background The observation that resection of structural lesions of the frontal lobe provides an effective treatment of intractable epilepsy has been made by surgeons specializing in this field for over sixty years However, the excellent results achieved when such resections are coupled with the use ...
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The roots of epilepsy lie in an often-overlooked type of brain cell and not in the neurons as was previously thought, a new study claims. The US-based researchers hope their findings will lead to more appropriate treatments for the condition. Epilepsy is a syndrome that arises when a brain chemical,...
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Epilepsy may present itself immediately following a traumatic brain injury, or it may show up months or even years after the initial injury. As a general rule of thumb, the more severe the brain injury, the higher the risk of developing epilepsy. The most common types of seizures associated with tra...
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A 17-year-old girl falls to the floor. She was playing the video game Dark Warrior. Her father, who is a video game repairman, fears that she has been electrocuted. The girl has fanatically played one game after another for years, and nothing like this has happened before. She is rushed to the hospi...
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Myoclonic-Astatic Epilepsy MAE, or Doose Syndrome, is an epilepsy syndrome of early childhood that is often resistant to medication. For this reason, it can be difficult to treat. MAE is an idiopathic generalized epilepsy, meaning that there is no known cause for the seizures idiopathic and the seiz...
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