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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 ...
Modifiable Factors Responsible for Most Epilepsy Relapses - In patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy, nearly 70% of seizure relapses are linked to potentially modifiable factors, including poor adherence and inadequate ASM dosing, rather than drug resistance.
New tools map seizures in the brain, improve epilepsy treatment - Two new models could solve a problem that's long frustrated millions of people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them: how to find precisely where seizures originate to treat exactly that part ...
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 ...
Modifiable Factors Responsible for Most Epilepsy Relapses - In patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy, nearly 70% of seizure relapses are linked to potentially modifiable factors, including poor adherence and inadequate ASM dosing, rather than drug resistance.
New tools map seizures in the brain, improve epilepsy treatment - Two new models could solve a problem that's long frustrated millions of people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them: how to find precisely where seizures originate to treat exactly that part ...
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 ...
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Executive function in functional/dissociative seizures: screening using the frontal assessment battery - CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the FAB may serve as a practical bedside screening measure for executive dysfunction in FDS. Further studies are needed to evaluate its clinical utility in differentiating FDS from epileptic disorders.
Efficacy of adjunctive Yoga Nidra in patients with functional dissociative seizures receiving structured psychoeducation (YOGA-FDS): a pilot randomised controlled trial - CONCLUSION: Both groups demonstrated substantial clinical improvement during follow-up in seizure frequency, mood symptoms, functioning and quality of life; however, adjunctive YN did not provide measurable additional benefit over the control condition. Larger studies are needed to clarify the role of adjunctive YN in the management of functional dissociative seizures.
Neurologic sequelae of cerebral malaria and other forms of severe malaria in children - CONCLUSION: Neurologic sequelae, particularly epilepsy, are more common in CM than other forms of severe malaria, but occur rarely in non-cerebral severe malaria.
Wnt activation during epileptogenesis prevents pathological immature dentate granule cell morphological changes in animal models of unilateral and bilateral temporal lobe epilepsy - Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) most commonly presents clinically with unilateral or bilateral hippocampal seizure onsets. Antiseizure medications are often ineffective, and epilepsy surgery outcomes are variable. TLE often occurs after exposure to risk factors; this latent period provides the opportunity for preventative treatments, however, there are currently no clinically approved anti-epilept...
Brivaracetam as viable monotherapy option for focal and generalized epilepsy - CONCLUSION: In this retrospective real-world cohort, BRV monotherapy was associated with favorable short-term seizure outcomes and good tolerability. Particularly favorable outcomes were observed after conversion from LEV. Although long-term retention decreased over time, a substantial proportion of patients continued to benefit from BRV monotherapy over a two-year period, despite BRV being the...
Executive function in functional/dissociative seizures: screening using the frontal assessment battery - CONCLUSION: In conclusion, the FAB may serve as a practical bedside screening measure for executive dysfunction in FDS. Further studies are needed to evaluate its clinical utility in differentiating FDS from epileptic disorders.
Efficacy of adjunctive Yoga Nidra in patients with functional dissociative seizures receiving structured psychoeducation (YOGA-FDS): a pilot randomised controlled trial - CONCLUSION: Both groups demonstrated substantial clinical improvement during follow-up in seizure frequency, mood symptoms, functioning and quality of life; however, adjunctive YN did not provide measurable additional benefit over the control condition. Larger studies are needed to clarify the role of adjunctive YN in the management of functional dissociative seizures.
Neurologic sequelae of cerebral malaria and other forms of severe malaria in children - CONCLUSION: Neurologic sequelae, particularly epilepsy, are more common in CM than other forms of severe malaria, but occur rarely in non-cerebral severe malaria.
Wnt activation during epileptogenesis prevents pathological immature dentate granule cell morphological changes in animal models of unilateral and bilateral temporal lobe epilepsy - Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) most commonly presents clinically with unilateral or bilateral hippocampal seizure onsets. Antiseizure medications are often ineffective, and epilepsy surgery outcomes are variable. TLE often occurs after exposure to risk factors; this latent period provides the opportunity for preventative treatments, however, there are currently no clinically approved anti-epilept...
Brivaracetam as viable monotherapy option for focal and generalized epilepsy - CONCLUSION: In this retrospective real-world cohort, BRV monotherapy was associated with favorable short-term seizure outcomes and good tolerability. Particularly favorable outcomes were observed after conversion from LEV. Although long-term retention decreased over time, a substantial proportion of patients continued to benefit from BRV monotherapy over a two-year period, despite BRV being the...
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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.