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EMDR and Neurofeedback Helped Me Become a Better Founder - After that session, my confidence hit a low; I wondered if my company would be better off without me. My team didn’t realize that besides managing the major growth of the company, over the last eight ...

In HelloNation, Nervous System Health Expert Dr. Mikala Reznik, PT, DPT, ICP, CRNC Explains Microcurrent Neurofeedback for Focus - Can microcurrent neurofeedback help adults improve focus? A HelloNation article explains how this non-invasive therapy works and what people considering it should expect.

Mountain Vista Psychology offers neurofeedback services in Englewood to help individuals with anxiety and depression. - Mountain Vista Psychology provides neurofeedback services in Englewood to support anxiety and depression recovery ...

Impact of Antiseizure Medication on Thyroid Function in Children With Epilepsy: A Case-Control Study - Background Epilepsy, chronic monotherapy of antiseizure medications (ASMs), as well as the secondary disturbance of the thyroid axis, which includes both subclinical and clinical hypo- and hyperthyroidism, are crucial endocrine challenges during children's development. In this study, the levels of thyroid hormones in children with epilepsy who underwent chronic monotherapy were compared with th...

Epileptic seizures temporally associated with recombinant human growth hormone therapy in children: A case series of three patients - We report three pediatric patients who developed epileptic seizures while receiving recombinant human growth hormone therapy. Case 1 was a 12-year-old girl with a history of febrile seizures and epilepsy whose seizures recurred after discontinuation of antiepileptic medication during ongoing recombinant human growth hormone therapy. Case 2 was an 11-year-old boy born extremely preterm who devel...

Efficacy and sleep impact of perampanel versus levetiracetam monotherapy for SeLECTS: A pilot prospective cohort study - CONCLUSION: Both LEV and PER monotherapy were tolerated and associated with short-term seizure control in children with SeLECTS. There are some indications that PER may offer small additional benefits for the sleep architecture, resulting in a decrease in the proportion of N1 and NAW. However, prospective studies with longer follow-up are needed to confirm the observations.

Exploring the caregiver journey through randomized controlled trials in dravet syndrome: insights from a cross-sectional survey - CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first survey exploring the caregivers' perceptions of participation in epilepsy clinical trials. Patient and stakeholder engagement is essential for optimizing trial recruitment, acceptance and understanding of the failures.

Treatment engagement and 12-month outcomes after diagnostic communication and individualized treatment planning in patients with functional neurological disorder - OBJECTIVES: To evaluate treatment engagement and 12-month outcomes following structured diagnostic communication and individualized treatment planning in inpatients with the most common functional neurological disorder (FND) presentations encountered in epilepsy services and to explore the relationship between treatment engagement and adherence.

Alpha power and brain functional connectivity as signatures of altered network dynamics in functional/dissociative seizures: A proof of concept study - CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that FDS are characterized by a paradoxical hypersynchronization in the EEG alpha band, similar to EC, despite concurrent motor activity. Increased functional alpha connectivity, simultaneous with elevated heart rate during FDS, suggests that FDSs involve altered brain network dynamics rather than simple alpha power suppression by voluntary motor activity. These...

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.