‘Early myoclonic encephalopathy’ (ILAE; OMIM 609304) is one of the catastrophic epilepsies starting in the neonatal period. Prognosis is generally poor with early death in half of the patients. The ...

Myoclonus is a sudden and involuntary muscle spasm. It is usually a symptom of an underlying disorder and can interfere with eating, talking, and walking. The movement is involuntary and can’t be ...

Fast, reliable and automatic assessment of the severity of myoclonic jerks from video footage is now possible, thanks to an algorithm using deep convolutional neural network architecture and ...

A new study shows that wearable sensor technology can be used to reliably assess the occurrence of myoclonic jerks in patients with epilepsy also in the home environment. A new study by the University ...

The severity of epilepsy-related muscle pricking symptoms can be reliably estimated with artificial intelligence, according to a recent study. An artificial intelligence-based tool was used to analyze ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Myoclonic epilepsy' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...

A 25-year follow-up study reveals that 68% of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) became seizure-free, with nearly 30% no longer needing antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment. A 25-year ...

In juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, data are limited on the genetic basis of networks promoting convulsions with diffuse polyspikes on electroencephalography (EEG) and the subtle microscopic brain ...

Research groups from the University of Helsinki, the LMU Munich and the University of Guelph have described in collaboration a novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs and identified its genetic cause. The ...