BACKGROUND: Gelastic seizures are epileptic events characterized by bouts of laughter. Laughter-like vocalization is usually combined with facial contraction in the form of a smile. Gelastic epilepsy ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model expedites access to specialists after a first seizure. The mean time between the referral and the ...

A dedicated pediatric First Seizure Clinic (FSC) provided specialist evaluation in less than a week and enabled an epilepsy diagnosis at the initial visit for more than 1 in 5 children. The findings ...

AIIMS Jodhpur has made a major breakthrough in medicine by managing to cure four patients with a rare and drug-resistant type of epilepsy called 'Laughter Epilepsy' or gelastic seizure. Reports ...

In a remarkable medical success, a patient suffering from a rare form of epilepsy known as “Gelastic seizures” often referred to as “laughing seizures” has shown dramatic improvement after receiving ...

With this achievement, AIIMS Jodhpur becomes the only hospital in Rajasthan and the second AIIMS after Delhi in the country to offer this highly specialised treatment. Associate Professor in the ...

Children and young adults with severe forms of epilepsy that does not respond to standard antiepileptic drugs have fewer seizures when treated with purified cannabinoid, according to a multi-center ...