A University of Alabama at Birmingham pediatric neurosurgeon has performed the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) procedure for epilepsy at Children’s of Alabama (COA), offering a new treatment option ...

A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults also is effective and safe for children, according to a new study. The study is one of the first to investigate responsive ...

Emma Coto and her family met with doctor after doctor looking for answers. They found them at Boston Children’s Hospital. Emma Coto, 11, plays the piano during a Christmas recital at The Music Gallery ...

On June 18, neurosurgeons at the University of Alabama at Birmingham implanted a new type of electrical stimulator to control seizures in patients with difficult-to-control epilepsy. It marked the ...

The FDA granted breakthrough device designation status to Neuropace Inc.'s responsive neurostimulation (RNS) system for idiopathic generalized epilepsy, a subtype that represents about one-third of ...

Edith Mölstad doesn't remember being carried by her father down the stairs and across the gravel driveway of their home in Sweden, but her parents always will. When they could not wake their ...

For some adults, the use of a responsive neurostimulation (RNS) system implanted in the brain can help lessen or control seizures related to certain types of epilepsy. The device works similar to a ...

Nexalin's Sync neurostimulation device uses a specific electrical waveform to increase hippocampal-cortical connectivity. The device has already been approved in China to treat depression and insomnia ...

SetPoint Medical has submitted a premarket approval (PMA) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a neuroimmune modulation device aimed at treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ...

A surgical treatment commonly used to reduce epileptic seizures in adults also is effective and safe for children, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the journal Neurosurgery, is ...