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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 ...
Reflex Epilepsy: How Flashing Lights, Music, Hot Showers, and Reading Trigger Seizures - Reflex epilepsy is a rare seizure disorder in which flashing lights, music, hot showers, or reading can trigger seizures in susceptible individuals.
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 ...
Pediatrics in Brevard: Here's what to know about epilepsy, what to do if someone has seizure - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth ...
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 ...
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. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study suggests that ...
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 ...
Reflex Epilepsy: How Flashing Lights, Music, Hot Showers, and Reading Trigger Seizures - Reflex epilepsy is a rare seizure disorder in which flashing lights, music, hot showers, or reading can trigger seizures in susceptible individuals.
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 ...
Pediatrics in Brevard: Here's what to know about epilepsy, what to do if someone has seizure - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth ...
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 ...
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. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new study suggests that ...
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Correction: The genotypic spectrum of complex febrile seizures: insights from high-risk population genetic screening in a pediatric cohort -
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2026.1828448.].
The impact of long-term antiseizure treatment on cognitive decline in late-onset epileptic prodromal Alzheimer's disease: an exploratory study - CONCLUSION: Our findings support the idea that early ASM treatment may attenuate cognitive decline in sporadic prodromal AD patients with comorbid epilepsy. However, these benefits were not accompanied by a lower dementia rate at the final follow-up visit, suggesting that ASMs alone are insufficient for sustained disease modification. Combinatorial therapeutic strategies may be needed to achiev...
Age-stratified clinical characteristics and long-term neurological outcomes of pediatric herpes simplex virus encephalitis: a longitudinal cohort study of 56 children - CONCLUSION: Pediatric HSE exhibits notable age-associated heterogeneity. A low acute GCS score and prolonged seizure duration were identified as independent associated factors for poor prognosis in this exploratory analysis, whereas early facial/perioral twitching was associated with subsequent language sequelae. The risk of anti-NMDAR encephalitis increases with age, necessitating long-term su...
GRIN1-related epilepsy in a neonate with response to memantine and vigabatrin - OBJECTIVE: A newborn with GRIN1-related early infantile developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) with striking pharmacoresistance is described with emphasis on potential therapy with memantine and vigabatrin.
ALDH18A1-related hereditary spastic paraplegia and developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep: Expanding the clinical phenotype - OBJECTIVE: We present the cases of two sisters, both harboring the same ALDH18A1 gene mutations, who presented with a complex clinical phenotype characterized by spastic paraparesis with ataxia, epileptic encephalopathy, severe psychomotor deficits, and behavioral abnormalities.
Deep Phenotyping of the Broader Autism Phenotype in Epilepsy: A Transdiagnostic Marker of Epilepsy and Autism Spectrum Disorder - OBJECTIVE: We conducted deep and minimal phenotyping of the broader autism phenotype (BAP) in people with epilepsy (PWE) and compared its expression with published rates in the general population and relatives of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD-relatives). We then examined the association of clinical epilepsy variables with BAP expression to explore its underpinnings in PWE.
The impact of long-term antiseizure treatment on cognitive decline in late-onset epileptic prodromal Alzheimer's disease: an exploratory study - CONCLUSION: Our findings support the idea that early ASM treatment may attenuate cognitive decline in sporadic prodromal AD patients with comorbid epilepsy. However, these benefits were not accompanied by a lower dementia rate at the final follow-up visit, suggesting that ASMs alone are insufficient for sustained disease modification. Combinatorial therapeutic strategies may be needed to achiev...
Age-stratified clinical characteristics and long-term neurological outcomes of pediatric herpes simplex virus encephalitis: a longitudinal cohort study of 56 children - CONCLUSION: Pediatric HSE exhibits notable age-associated heterogeneity. A low acute GCS score and prolonged seizure duration were identified as independent associated factors for poor prognosis in this exploratory analysis, whereas early facial/perioral twitching was associated with subsequent language sequelae. The risk of anti-NMDAR encephalitis increases with age, necessitating long-term su...
GRIN1-related epilepsy in a neonate with response to memantine and vigabatrin - OBJECTIVE: A newborn with GRIN1-related early infantile developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) with striking pharmacoresistance is described with emphasis on potential therapy with memantine and vigabatrin.
ALDH18A1-related hereditary spastic paraplegia and developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep: Expanding the clinical phenotype - OBJECTIVE: We present the cases of two sisters, both harboring the same ALDH18A1 gene mutations, who presented with a complex clinical phenotype characterized by spastic paraparesis with ataxia, epileptic encephalopathy, severe psychomotor deficits, and behavioral abnormalities.
Deep Phenotyping of the Broader Autism Phenotype in Epilepsy: A Transdiagnostic Marker of Epilepsy and Autism Spectrum Disorder - OBJECTIVE: We conducted deep and minimal phenotyping of the broader autism phenotype (BAP) in people with epilepsy (PWE) and compared its expression with published rates in the general population and relatives of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD-relatives). We then examined the association of clinical epilepsy variables with BAP expression to explore its underpinnings in PWE.
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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.