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Study clarifies the benefits of neurofeedback for children with ADHD -
The findings are based on the International ADHD Neurofeedback (ICAN) study, which began recruiting in 2014 at two sites. A sample of 142 children aged between 7 - 10 years of age, with ADHD and high ...
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.
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 ...
Neurofeedback Gains Popularity and Lab Attention - You sit in a chair, facing a computer screen, while a clinician sticks electrodes to your scalp with a viscous goop that takes days to wash out of your hair. Wires from the sensors connect to a ...
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.
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 ...
Neurofeedback Gains Popularity and Lab Attention - You sit in a chair, facing a computer screen, while a clinician sticks electrodes to your scalp with a viscous goop that takes days to wash out of your hair. Wires from the sensors connect to a ...
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Epilepsy with fever-sensitivity in patients with ATP6V0C pathogenic variants -
OBJECTIVE: Fever can trigger seizures in several early-onset epilepsies. SCN1A-related epilepsies, including Dravet Syndrome, are the best characterised conditions in this spectrum, but a growing number of genes implicated in fever-sensitive epilepsies have emerged. We assessed the genetic heterogeneity of individuals who underwent testing because of seizures or epilepsy with fever sensitivity....
Driving Restrictions in Photosensitive Epilepsy: Evidence, Assumptions, and Unanswered Questions - CONCLUSION: Current evidence regarding driving risk in PSE is remarkably sparse and largely indirect. Although VPS are biologically plausible under experimental conditions, it remains unclear whether ordinary traffic environments provoke seizures or contribute meaningfully to traffic accidents in real-world settings. Both conventional and AI-assisted literature searches failed to identify suffi...
Astrocyte redox imbalance underlies prelimbic neuronal hypoactivity and maladaptive affective behaviors in epilepsy - A fundamental but unanswered question in neuropsychiatry is whether the psychiatric symptoms of epilepsy are caused by the same or a separate pathophysiology as seizures. To address this question, we investigated a monogenic form of epilepsy (pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy) caused by aldehyde dehydrogenase 7 family member A1 (ALDH7A1) mutations. ALDH7A1 global knockout mice exhibited both seizur...
Association between graded short-term lymphocyte count decline and epilepsy risk in HIV-positive patients: a retrospective cohort study - To evaluate whether varying degrees of lymphocyte count decline in HIV-positive adults are associated with increased short-term incidence of epilepsy or convulsions. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the TriNetX global research network. HIV-positive patients with a lymphocyte count ≥ 1.2 × 10³/µL were categorized based on subsequent decline within 3 months: mild (1.01-1.19), mode...
Response to anti-seizure medications in children carrying novel or previously reported HCN1 gene variants - OBJECTIVE: Variants in the HCN1 gene cause a syndrome of childhood epilepsy and developmental disability with a broad phenotypic range. Many affected children manifest with early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) and highly drug-resistant epilepsy. There are anecdotal reports that seizures in this syndrome are exacerbated by some anti-seizure medications (ASMs), including lamotrigine an...
Intranasal Biodegradable Nanomedicine for Epilepsy Management: Targeting the Brain Beyond the Blood-Brain Barrier - Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures arising from abnormal neuronal hyperexcitability and hypersynchronous electrical activity within the brain. Despite advances in antiseizure medications, effective epilepsy management remains challenging because of pharmacoresistance, limited blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, inadequate intra...
Driving Restrictions in Photosensitive Epilepsy: Evidence, Assumptions, and Unanswered Questions - CONCLUSION: Current evidence regarding driving risk in PSE is remarkably sparse and largely indirect. Although VPS are biologically plausible under experimental conditions, it remains unclear whether ordinary traffic environments provoke seizures or contribute meaningfully to traffic accidents in real-world settings. Both conventional and AI-assisted literature searches failed to identify suffi...
Astrocyte redox imbalance underlies prelimbic neuronal hypoactivity and maladaptive affective behaviors in epilepsy - A fundamental but unanswered question in neuropsychiatry is whether the psychiatric symptoms of epilepsy are caused by the same or a separate pathophysiology as seizures. To address this question, we investigated a monogenic form of epilepsy (pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy) caused by aldehyde dehydrogenase 7 family member A1 (ALDH7A1) mutations. ALDH7A1 global knockout mice exhibited both seizur...
Association between graded short-term lymphocyte count decline and epilepsy risk in HIV-positive patients: a retrospective cohort study - To evaluate whether varying degrees of lymphocyte count decline in HIV-positive adults are associated with increased short-term incidence of epilepsy or convulsions. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the TriNetX global research network. HIV-positive patients with a lymphocyte count ≥ 1.2 × 10³/µL were categorized based on subsequent decline within 3 months: mild (1.01-1.19), mode...
Response to anti-seizure medications in children carrying novel or previously reported HCN1 gene variants - OBJECTIVE: Variants in the HCN1 gene cause a syndrome of childhood epilepsy and developmental disability with a broad phenotypic range. Many affected children manifest with early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) and highly drug-resistant epilepsy. There are anecdotal reports that seizures in this syndrome are exacerbated by some anti-seizure medications (ASMs), including lamotrigine an...
Intranasal Biodegradable Nanomedicine for Epilepsy Management: Targeting the Brain Beyond the Blood-Brain Barrier - Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures arising from abnormal neuronal hyperexcitability and hypersynchronous electrical activity within the brain. Despite advances in antiseizure medications, effective epilepsy management remains challenging because of pharmacoresistance, limited blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability, inadequate intra...
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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.
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.