Abstract:Idiopathic generalized epilepsy is a general term for a series of common types of epilepsy, including some admitted subtypes, such as generalized tonic-clonic seizures, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, childhood absence epilepsy and juvenile absence epilepsy. Multi-mode functional magnetic resonance imaging can detect the changes both in the brain structures and the functions of the idiopathic generalized epilepsy patients, and therefore has great significance for the study of the cause of the idiopathic generalized epilepsy, the classification of seizure and the judgement of the changes to cognitive functions, etc. Specialists have been carrying out a lot of researches on it, and the following is a summarizing statement of the research progress.