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Seizure action plans: Management and educational tools in epilepsy care - Historically, seizure action plans have focused on certain high-risk groups—such as people with drug-resistant epilepsy and people with a history of status epilepticus or seizure clusters. Neurology ...

FMCSA reviews 11 epilepsy waiver requests from commercial drivers - Eleven truck drivers with histories of epilepsy or seizure disorders are asking federal regulators for exemptions. The post FMCSA reviews 11 epilepsy waiver requests from commercial drivers appeared ...

Understanding epilepsy: Seven ways to respond to an epileptic seizure - At the forefront of epilepsy research and treatment is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, a collaborative initiative between the UAB Department of Neurology and UAB Hospital, ...

Seizure Burden in Resistant Epilepsy May Ease With the Tincture of Time - Nearly 70% of patients with focal treatment-resistant epilepsy (FTRE) experience fewer seizures over time, new results of a multicenter study showed. However, the improvements occurred independent of ...

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his ...

Nashville Brain and Wellness: LENS neurofeedback - What if just a few sessions could help retrain your brain? Nashville Brain and Wellness is showing us the science behind LENS Neurofeedback and why patients are turning to it for better focus, sleep, ...

What Is Neurofeedback? - Whenever I mention that neurofeedback helped me regain my life after my multiple brain injuries — or that I’m now a neurofeedback provider — the first reaction is to ask me, what is neurofeedback? I’m ...

Elite athletes enhance their performance with 'neurofeedback'—and you can get a device for $99 - When you think of the training tools that professional athletes have at their disposal, high-tech sports equipment and state-of-the-art athletic facilities come to mind. But training for peak ...

Neurofeedback for ADHD: Significant, Lasting Improvement - Computer-based neurofeedback can produce significant and lasting improvement in attention and focus in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD ...

Prenatal exposure to Antiseizure Medications for all indications and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a nationwide population-based cohort study in South Korea - CONCLUSION: In this nationwide Korean cohort, prenatal ASM exposure was associated with dose-dependent risks of ASD and ID. These findings underscore the importance of preconception counseling and early pregnancy management for all women receiving ASMs, beyond those with epilepsy.

From recurrence risk to seizure temporal phenotyping: the next step for wake-onset EEG in epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures alone - No abstract

A stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy strategy to flank dense calcifications within epileptogenic lesions: illustrative case - BACKGROUND: Laser interstitial thermal therapy is a minimally invasive surgical technique commonly used for treating epileptogenic foci in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Densely calcified lesions pose a challenge because they prevent the placement of a laser cannula within them and act as a heat shield. A 22-year-old male presented with intractable epilepsy with imaging demonstrating a ...

The role of SCN1A mutations in temporal lobe epilepsy: Genetic insights and clinical implications - CONCLUSION: Current evidence suggests that SCN1A may act as a genetic modifier contributing to TLE susceptibility, pharmacoresistance, and clinical heterogeneity in certain contexts. Integration of genetic and molecular data may support improved phenotypic characterization and individualized management in selected patients. However, larger and well-designed studies incorporating multi-omics and...

Integrating weighted gene co-expression network analysis and machine learning reveal that NDUFA4L2 alleviates KA-induced HT22 cell neurotoxicity, apoptosis, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysf... - Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is one of the most common types of epilepsy, with frequent seizures often leading to cognitive, emotional, and psychiatric issues. A prominent pathological change associated with TLE is hippocampal sclerosis (HS), characterized by neuronal loss, gliosis, and increased neuron fibre density. However, the pathogenesis of Temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosi...

Occurrence and clinical correlates of depressive symptoms in adults with epilepsy: A study in Georgia - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the occurrence, clinical correlates, and screening accuracy of depressive symptoms (DS) among adults with epilepsy in Georgia, a country with limited mental health resources.

Brain signal irregularity may provide clues to understanding epileptic process - Researchers propose a new method to differentiate signals from the epileptic focus from those recorded in other parts of the brain without the presence of an epileptic seizure. This technique may help detect epilepsy-induced features from these signals much quicker than conventional analysis techniques.

Breakthrough tech enables seizure localization in minutes - New research introduces a novel network analysis technology that uses minimally invasive resting state electrophysiological recordings to localize seizure onset brain regions and predict seizure outcomes in just 10 minutes.

Antidepressant use during pregnancy not linked to epilepsy in children - A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies.