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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 ...

Study: Epilepsy patients benefit from structured 'seizure action plans' - A new 16-week study of 204 adult epilepsy patients found that 98% of participants believe that all patients with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan (SAP), regardless of seizure status. These ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brain training with neurofeedback shows enhanced benefits on cognitive functions - Neurofeedback has been used for decades to reinforce healthy brain functions. With previous research reporting a positive correlation between enhanced brain activities during brain training and ...

Understanding The Role Of Neurofeedback Technology In Addressing ADHD - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent challenge in today's educational and professional landscapes. Most of us are familiar with ADHD, either ...

Shoulder instability and associated shoulder injuries in patients with epilepsy - CONCLUSION: In patients with epilepsy, shoulder dislocations predominantly occur during generalized seizures, with anteroinferior dislocations being the most frequent, while posterior dislocations are significantly more prevalent compared to the general population. Recurrent dislocations were associated with significantly larger humeral and posterior glenoid defects, indicating progressive bone...

Effect of immunotherapy on seizure severity and spike-wave index in epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep: The value of EEG spikes in monitoring treatment response - CONCLUSION: IVIg therapy was associated with significant and sustained electrophysiological improvement and is accompanied by clinical improvement in children with EE-SWAS and DEE-SWAS. However, changes in SWI were not significantly correlated with functional, behavioral, or seizure outcomes, suggesting a dissociation between electrophysiological and clinical responses. These findings indicate ...

Genetic heterogeneity, movement disorders, and white matter abnormalities in pediatric developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: A retrospective cohort study from a National Neurodegenerative a... - Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) are severe neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by early-onset seizures, developmental impairment, and heterogeneous neurological features. We retrospectively analyzed 37 children meeting strict DEE criteria from the Iranian Neurodegenerative and Leukodystrophy Registry (2016-2024), focusing on movement disorders and white matter (WM) ab...

Living with Dravet syndrome: quality of life and caregiver burden among family caregivers in Europe. Results from the QoL4DRAVET study - CONCLUSIONS: Caregiving burden in DS is long-term, multidimensional, and shaped by both gendered caregiving roles and national contexts. These findings underscore the necessity for integrated, gender-sensitive, and policy-informed support strategies that cater to caregivers' psychological, social, and occupational needs throughout their life course.

Fatty Acid Binding Protein 5 Mediates Astrocytic Pyroptosis and Neuroinflammation in Epilepsy via cGAS/STING Pathway - Pyroptosis is an inflammatory type of programmed cell death that may contribute to epilepsy initiation and progression through neuroinflammation. Fatty acid binding protein 5 (FABP5), a lipid chaperone, has been implicated in chronic inflammation. However, whether FABP5 regulates pyroptosis and its pathological role in epilepsy remains uncharacterized. Here, FABP5 was upregulated in astrocytes ...

Misinformation about seizures and epilepsy on the web: The need for systematic quality management - No abstract

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.