Oska-Gray Valentine-Colquhoun, 20 months old, spent his first days in the NICU after being born in distress. He had to have ...

When she was 3 years old, Alana “Lani” Silverberg was eating a cookie when she started turning blue. Her mom, Sara, thought her daughter was choking and called 911. Lani was taken to Johns Hopkins ...

Doose syndrome is a rare seizure disorder that begins during early childhood. This condition is also called myoclonic astatic epilepsy and myoclonic atonic epilepsy. Doose syndrome is considered a ...

Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) is a prevalent form of generalized epilepsy, predominantly affecting adolescents and young adults. It is characterized by myoclonic seizures, grand mal seizures, and ...

ABSTRACT: Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) is a prevalent form of generalized epilepsy, predominantly affecting adolescents and young adults. It is characterized by myoclonic seizures, grand mal ...

SEATTLE, Wash. -- Scientists at the Allen Institute have made a major breakthrough in research for people living with Dravet Syndrome, which is a rare and debilitating form of epilepsy that starts ...

I was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) at 15 years old after experiencing two tonic-clonic seizures in high school. What started as a typical morning quickly turned into a defining ...

If your doctor has suggested that you may have a myopathy, you likely have a lot of questions. There are many types of myopathies with different causes and outlooks. Myopathies are a class of diseases ...

Sleep myoclonus is involuntary, nonrhythmic muscle twitching that occurs either as a person falls asleep or during sleep. The movements include hiccups, starts, and jerks. Sleep myoclonus is not a ...

Objective To evaluate efficacy and safety of lacosamide (up to 12 mg/kg/day or 400 mg/day) as adjunctive treatment for uncontrolled primary generalised tonic-clonic seizures (PGTCS) in patients (≥4 ...

Voltage-gated sodium channels are essential for excitability of skeletal muscle fibres and neurons. An increasing number of disabling or fatal paediatric neurological disorders linked to mutations of ...