Generalized Epilepsy. If you have this type of epilepsy, seizures start on both sides of the brain (or quickly affect networks of brain cells on both sides).

Generalized epilepsy has traditionally been considered a seizure of the 'whole brain.' However, new research has challenged this longstanding idea, ...

Electroencephalogram (EEG): A diagnostic test that measures brain waves, the electrical impulses in the cerebral cortex. ... Generalized seizure: a seizure that occurs all through the brain.

“A generalized epilepsy network derived from brain abnormalities and deep brain stimulation” Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57392-7. Funding: American Epilepsy Society, ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm Dr Andrew Wilner, reporting virtually from the 2022 American Epilepsy Society meeting in Nashville ...

Tonic-clonic seizures, also called grand mal seizures, are the most common presentation of idiopathic generalized epilepsy, affecting up to 86% of patients [8].

Epilepsy Seizure Types: Focal vs. Generalized Seizures Your epileptologist (epilepsy specialist) will determine what type of seizure you have based on your symptoms and diagnostic test results. Our ...

Epilepsy, a prevalent neurological disorder, ... Generalized (Grand mal) seizure: In this type of seizure the person falls to the ground and becomes stiff and then shakes all over.

Idiopathic generalized epilepsy tends to manifest sometime within the first two decades of life and there is no identifiable cause. Seizures can occur during childhood or adolescence, ...

In new patients with generalized or unclassified epilepsy, levetiracetam did not meet non-inferiority criteria compared with valproate in intention-to-treat analysis of time to 12-month remission ...

Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce, who lived with epilepsy, went to bed on July 5 and never woke up. The Los Angeles County coroner recently confirmed that his death was caused by epilepsy. Boyce ...