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Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - 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 hand, the kind you could use to tote a dirty bomb.

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 ...

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 ...

What is neurofeedback? Video game-like therapy being used to treat anxiety, ADHD and more - It’s like a gym for your brain. As issues like anxiety, depression and restless sleep have spiked during the pandemic, some people are turning to neurofeedback, a kind of gym for the brain. It’s a ...

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 ...

Elevated body temperature affects spike-and-wave discharges and induces behavioural deficits in genetic absence epilepsy rats - CONCLUSION: The increase in body temperature is associated with shorter duration of absence seizures, reduced locomotor activity, and anxiety-like symptoms in GAERS, suggesting thermoregulatory pathways may be involved in seizures and comorbidities. This may influence how people with absence epilepsy react to elevated temperatures, for example during heat waves.

Association of epilepsy duration and drug-resistant epilepsy duration with seizure outcomes after epilepsy surgery: a pediatric population-based study - CONCLUSIONS: In this unselected population-based, pediatric, resective epilepsy surgery cohort, longer epilepsy duration is associated with worse seizure outcomes. Similarly, a prolonged duration of DRE was correlated with worse seizure outcomes. The findings emphasize the importance of early surgical referrals. Future multicenter studies are warranted to further clarify the relative prognostic...

Postapproval Study for Brain-Responsive Neurostimulation for Drug-Resistant Focal Epilepsy: Three-Year Efficacy and Interim Safety Results - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Neuromodulation therapies are approved for the treatment of focal epilepsy based on data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). After approval of a responsive direct brain stimulation device (The RNS System for focal epilepsy), the Food and Drug Administration required a prospective study to evaluate whether real-world safety and effectiveness differed from outcome...

The Mechanism Underlying the Abnormal Expression of α-Synuclein in the Cortical Lesions of Patients With FCD Type IIb and TSC - CONCLUSIONS: Our results showed that modulation of the mTOR/GLT-1 pathway ameliorated α-synucleinopathy and seizure activities in FCD, providing insights for understanding the epileptogenic mechanisms of FCD IIb and TSC.

International consensus recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Rasmussen syndrome: A modified Delphi procedure - Rasmussen syndrome (RS) includes a well-described constellation of refractory focal seizures, often including epilepsia partialis continua, hemiplegia with progressive unilateral cortical atrophy, and cognitive/language decline. However, the precise early pathogenesis and reliable biomarkers remain elusive. In addition, we lack operational management guidelines, including diagnostic evaluation,...

Neuropharmacological, Analgesic, and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Pothos scandens Acetone Extract With GC-MS-Based Phytochemical Profiling - Pothos scandens, belonging to the Araceae family, locally known as "batilata," is traditionally used for treating various chronic diseases in folk medicine, such as epilepsy, seizures, convulsions, wounds, snakebites, skin issues, asthma, muscle problems, and diarrhea. This research examined the anxiolytic, antidepressant, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory potentials of the acetone extract of P....

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.