Neurobiology of Epilepsy


Epilepsy is a chronic disorder with diverse clinical characteristics that preclude a singular mechanism a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of seizures due to disturbances in electrical signalling and its transmission in the brain. Epilepsy neurological disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures of unusual behavior, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness.The fact that multiple mechanisms exist is not surprising given the varied ways the normal nervous system controls this balance. Understanding seizures in the brain of an individual with epilepsy is more difficult due to seizures are typically superimposed on an altered nervous system.

  • Prevention of Epilepsy
  • Ketogenic Diet (KD)
  • Alternative Treatments
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Advances in EEG
  • Drug Delivery to
  • Epilepsy Brain Epilepsy in Woman and Inborn
  • Pediatric Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy and Alcohol
  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Occupational therapy (OT)
  • Psychiatric / Psychological disorders
  • Seizure Disorders
  • Neuropsychiatry and Neuropsychology
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Chronic Disorders
  • Epileptic Seizures