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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 ...

Using Seizure-Risk Forecasts to ID Best Time for Epilepsy Monitoring - NASHVILLE, Tennessee ― Scheduling video-electroencephalography (vEEG) monitoring on the basis of personalized seizure risk forecasts may improve diagnostic accuracy, emerging research suggests. In a ...

First seizure clinic provides visit, pediatric epilepsy diagnosis in less than a week - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model expedites access to specialists after a first seizure. The mean time between the referral and the ...

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 ...

NEURELIS PRESENTS STUDIES ON SEIZURE CLUSTERS AT THE AMERICAN EPILEPSY SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING - SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurelis, Inc., today announced details of its presentations at the American Epilepsy Society (AES) Annual Meeting to be held December 6-10 in Los Angeles. The ...

In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests that the memory-forming stage of sleep could be key for understanding epileptic seizures. . | Credit: ...

Does Levetiracetam Improve Seizure Outcomes in Pediatric Epilepsy? - Although levetiracetam was associated with improved seizure outcomes compared with placebo in pediatric epilepsy, it did not demonstrate superior efficacy when compared with established active ...

Camelback Recovery Launches Neurofeedback Therapy at Its Phoenix Treatment Center - Camelback Recovery has launched neurofeedback therapy at its Phoenix treatment center, expanding the care options available within its mental health and addiction programs. Phoenix, Arizona--(Newsfile ...

How virtual reality is changing brain-training technology - Integrating virtual reality into brain-training therapies can make the experience more enjoyable and engaging for users. A recent review published in the journal Applied Psychophysiology and ...

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy? - Neurofeedback is a noninvasive form of therapy that trains the brain to improve various neurological issues, including chronic pain, ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Using EEG to monitor real-time ...

Muse Treatment Publishes New Neurofeedback Resource Following 2026 Addiction Research and Changing Overdose Trends - LOS ANGELES, CA - September 14, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Muse Treatment has published a new educational resource ...

What Is Neurofeedback? - Whenever I mention that neurofeedback helped me regain my life after my multiple brain injuries — or that I’m now a neurofeedback provider — the first reaction is to ask me, what is neurofeedback? I’m ...

EGR3 deletion attenuates developmental and epileptic encephalopathy in Kcna1-null mice - KCNA1 encodes the α-subunit of the voltage-gated potassium channel KV1.1. Mutations in KV1.1's pore domain result in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), where early life seizures and a culprit lesion synergistically disrupt neurodevelopmental trajectories, resulting in intellectual disability that often presents with disturbances in sleep, sociability and sensory processing. Abnor...

Entropy of the resting state cortex in epilepsy - Epilepsy has long been conceptualised as a disorder in which aberrant brain dynamics extend beyond the epileptogenic zone. Evidence demonstrates that loss of entropy is a generic feature of pathological dynamics in the brain, including the ictal state. However, the impact of recurrent seizures on entropy in the interictal state remains unknown. Resting state magnetoencephalography (MEG) scans a...

Home video-only recording in epilepsy care: clinical applications, technological platforms, and future directions - Home video-only recordings (HVR) of seizures are an important adjunct in diagnosing and managing epilepsy alongside video-EEG (vEEG) monitoring. HVR demonstrates high levels of accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity, making them useful for distinguishing between epileptic seizures and non-epileptic spells. HVR effectively monitors patients experiencing spells (such as movement abnormalities lik...

Resilience as a mediating mechanism between psychological distress and quality of life in epilepsy - CONCLUSION: These findings identify resilience as a potential mechanism linking stress to HRQoL in epilepsy and support a multidimensional understanding of overall well-being that encompasses both psychological and clinical determinants. Interventions targeting stress reduction and resilience enhancement may contribute to improved patient-reported outcomes.

Abnormal ECG Findings in Children Undergoing Seizure Evaluation - CONCLUSIONS: The identification of cardiac abnormalities in children undergoing evaluation for a possible seizure disorder allows not only optimization of seizure management but also guides differential diagnosis, specific cardiological interventions, and avoidance of antiseizure medication that might exacerbate cardiac arrhythmias. It is crucial to pay attention to the ECG channel of the elect...

Longitudinal EEG, Seizure, and Developmental Patterns in Children With CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder in the First 2 Years of Life - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although there is near-universal early-onset epileptic encephalopathy in cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) deficiency disorder (CDD), it has been observed clinically that EEGs are initially only mildly abnormal and worsen in the first 2 years of life. This study aimed to identify specific EEG patterns, ictal and interictal, in individuals with CDD during the firs...

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.