Epilepsy News

Xenon Releases Positive Data From Seizure Drug Study - Xenon Pharmaceuticals released positive topline results from a phase three study of its azetukalner drug for focal onset seizures. The study met its primary endpoint for median percent change in ...

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy symptoms improved with antiseizure medication - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monthly seizure frequency percentage reduction was 68.73% for the entire study cohort. For those followed up in ...

Epilepsy that does not respond to medicines. When surgery becomes the best medical decision - Many families face the challenge of drug-resistant epilepsy, questioning the transition from medication to surgery.

70-Year-Old Drug Could Stop Epilepsy Seizures - Researchers identify prochlorperazine as a potential new treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy by restoring the KCC2 chloride pump in neurons.

Epilepsy Foundation of America partners with SeizeSense to expand seizure safety awareness nationwide - Epilepsy Foundation of America partners with SeizeSense to expand seizure safety awareness nationwide: Bowie, Maryland Monday, March 9, 2026, 16:00 Hrs [IST] The Epilepsy Foundati ...

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 ...

Pediatrics in Brevard: Here's what to know about epilepsy, what to do if someone has seizure - 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-most common neurologic condition in the world. November is National ...

Understanding epilepsy: Seven ways to respond to an epileptic seizure - At the forefront of epilepsy research and treatment is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, a collaborative initiative between the UAB Department of Neurology and UAB Hospital, ...

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - 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. Once inside my living room, he cracked open the case and removed a laptop, a ...

Help managing ADHD, anxiety, and depression with Neurofeedback Therapy - SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) – for some people, managing symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and sleep issues can result in professional after professional all trying ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adaptive and cognitive trajectories in adults with drug-resistant epilepsy and intellectual disabilities - OBJECTIVE: Adults with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities (ID) may be at risk of adaptive and cognitive decline due to underlying genetic disorders, seizures, and complex comorbidity.

Burn injuries in patients with epilepsy: A narrative review - CONCLUSION: Burn injuries amongst PWE represent a severe, preventable cause of disability. Burn mechanisms vary according to seizure type and setting. Gender roles, socioeconomic disparities, and cultural factors amplify risk, especially in LMICs. Multidisciplinary care and context-specific prevention strategies including patient education, practical safeguarding tools, and improved medication ...

Extreme ambient temperatures and seizure outcomes in children with epilepsy: insights from a survey in Turkey - CONCLUSION: Extreme heat was associated with caregiver- and patient-reported seizure worsening in CWE. Male sex and carbamazepine were associated with seizure worsening. Further research is needed to clarify genetic impacts. These findings highlight the need to develop adaptation strategies to preserve quality of life of CWE during extreme temperatures.

Dysregulated Plasticity in Serotonin, Galanin, and Opioid Systems Contributes to Limbic Seizure Recruitment in Wistar Audiogenic Rat - The Wistar Audiogenic Rat (WAR) strain is a genetically selected model of reflex epilepsy, susceptible to mesencephalic and, following chronic stimulation, limbic seizures. In this study, we examined the molecular underpinnings of this seizure progression by assessing gene expression profiles of pre-synaptic serotonergic components in Dorsal Raphe Nucleus (DRN) and post-synaptic receptors in th...

The "cat's paw sign": An ictal oro-palmo-facial automatism in a patient with non-dominant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy - No abstract

Genetic testing for familial epilepsies: Diagnostic yield and genetic findings - OBJECTIVE: Genetic testing has become a routine part of clinical epilepsy care. Family history is an indication for genetic testing, but the diagnostic yield, predictors of a genetic diagnosis, and association with familial patterns are not well understood.

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.