Being a teenager comes with its challenges, but when you live with epilepsy, it can be more difficult. Be kind to yourself, ...

Seizures involve sudden, temporary, bursts of electrical activity in the brain that change or disrupt the way messages are sent between brain cells. These electrical bursts can cause involuntary ...

Join us for our annual Walk for Epilepsy Santa Barbara. The walk will be held at University of California Santa Barbara on Pauley Track. Check-in will begin at 9:30am before the walk at 10:00am. The ...

12:30pm: Party concludes. Enjoy your time at the zoo. *Please feel free to enjoy our exciting walk countdown then head to the zoo whenever you’re ready. Our park party continues until 12:30pm!

Parking: The closest parking is at the North Mall Entrance – Main Entrance, which is located west of Scheels and between Talbots and Ever Eve. There is an overhang at the north mall entrance.

Join us at the Houston Zoo on April 25, 2026, for the Texas Epilepsy Walk! What to Expect: We'll kick off the morning with our ambassadors, then walk through the zoo to the after-party with music, ...

TBI is a well-recognized cause of seizures and epilepsy. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the result of an external force on the head. TBI can occur as a result of the following: The head suddenly and ...

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) refers to a group of severe epilepsies that are characterized both by seizures, which are often drug-resistant. It is also encephalopathy, which is a ...

The following factsheets discuss different treatment options for epilepsy. If you are a medical professional, share these factsheets with your patients to help them understand their treatment options.

Mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) is a term used to describe scarring in the deep part of the temporal lobe of the brain. MTS is the most common cause of structural epilepsy and focal seizures in the ...

Seizures may be slightly more common in people with MS than in the general population due to the way MS affects the brain. We now know that MS damages several parts of the brain (the white brain ...