In the span of a month in December 2018, Daniel Lookabaugh suffered six severe seizures, requiring hospitalization at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt each time to have neurological care as well as intervention from Pediatric Orthopaedics to reset his jaw and shoulder.

Structural details of a protein that is essential to normal brain function could improve treatments for epilepsy and other seizure disorders.

Vanderbilt investigators have linked genetic mutations in a single receptor to epilepsy, autism and intellectual disability.

A protein with important functions in astrocytes — star-shaped brain support cells — may alter neuronal excitability and contribute to seizure activity, Vanderbilt researchers report.

Successful epilepsy surgery can improve brain connectivity like patterns seen in people without epilepsy, according to a new study.

Brain ascorbate — vitamin C — is important for protecting the brain against seizures and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease.

Cannabidiol (CBD) oils reduced seizures in patients with difficult-to-treat epilepsy, Vanderbilt investigators have found.