January 29, 2025 Can Ketamine Stop Deadly Epilepsy Seizures?

UVA has received $9.3 million to test if ketamine can save patients from grand mal seizures that won’t respond to other treatments.

July 23, 2024 Brain Discovery May Catch Alzheimer’s, Epilepsy In Its Nets

Mysterious net-like structures that surround select neurons in the brain may be the key for better understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, schizophrenia and other neurological disorders, new research suggests.

January 18, 2022 Epilepsy Research Boosts Case for New Gene Therapy

New research suggests how a newly developed gene therapy can treat Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, and potentially prolong survival for people with the condition.

October 19, 2021 Epilepsy research reveals unknown trigger for seizures

Epilepsy seizures can be triggered when a natural braking system meant to control brain activity goes awry, UVA researchers found.

May 5, 2021 Epilepsy Research Reveals Why Sleep Ups Risk of Sudden Death

To understand the effect of sleep seizures, UVA researchers monitored the brain and heart activity of people with epilepsy as they slept.

April 27, 2021 Epilepsy Discovery Reveals Why Some Seizures Prove Deadly

New research reveals a long-sought answer for why some patients die unexpectedly following an epileptic seizure.

April 23, 2021 UVA Develops Imaging Approach to Help Stop Epilepsy Seizures

The new imaging approach could let surgeons determine the best target in the brain to stop epilepsy seizures, opening the procedure to more patients.

May 30, 2018 As on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’: UVA Targets ‘Giggling’ Epilepsy With Focused Ultrasound

What was fiction on a recent episode of “Grey’s Anatomy” is being pioneered for real at the University of Virginia…