Epilepsy News

After Epilepsy Surgery, When to Stop ASMs Matters - A multicenter cohort study explores how the timing of ASM withdrawal after epilepsy surgery may influence seizure relapse and long-term outcomes.

Can Epilepsy Be Cured? A Neurologist Explains What Seizure-Free Really Means - What does it truly mean to be seizure-free A Neurologist explains the difference between remission and a cure and the latest treatment options for managing the condition ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Maryland doctor explains grand mal epilepsy seizure, shares what to do when someone experiences it - According to Dr Sood, the best thing to do during an epilepsy seizure is to stay with the person experiencing it and keep them safe without restraint.

Doctor explains: How childhood epilepsy often goes undetected and what parents must know - Epilepsy remains one of the most common neurological disorders globally. Firstpost brings out experts’ views on signs, developmental impact, rural-urban treatment gaps and how AI and precision ...

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 ...

High-precision neurofeedback accelerates the mental health benefits of meditation - A new study published in the journal Mindfulness has found that high-precision brain training can help novice meditators learn the practice more effectively. The findings indicate that neurofeedback ...

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 ...

Neurofeedback is the newest mental health hack among entrepreneurs. Here’s why - Running a business can be an exhilarating and rewarding journey, but it can also bring a unique set of stressors. While the beginning stages of a business can be exciting and feel full of ...

Engineering a human-based translational activator for targeted protein expression restoration - Therapeutic modalities to programmably increase protein production are in critical need to address diseases caused by deficient gene expression via haploinsufficiency. Restoring physiological protein levels by increasing translation of their cognate messenger RNA (mRNA) would be an advantageous approach to correct gene expression but has not been evaluated in an in vivo disease model. Here, we ...

Severe congenital hyperinsulinism with progressive neurological deterioration due to novel HADH-GHSR digenic mutations: the first case report - Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) represents a complex group of genetic disorders causing inappropriate insulin secretion. We report the first case of severe CHI caused by a novel combination of HADH and GHSR mutations, leading to an unusually severe neurological phenotype. A male infant presented at 24 days of life with severe hypoglycemic seizures (0.3 mmol/l), inappropriate hyperinsulinemia (...

Clinical profiles of tuberous sclerosis complex: A regionally based survey - CONCLUSIONS: Our regionally based study confirmed the clinical profiles previously reported in specialized hospitals for TSC and found that clinical characteristics differed among the types and sizes of medical facilities. Multicenter information sharing and collaboration between general hospitals and institutions for handicapped children are important for the comprehensive care of patients wit...

Behind the seizures: Exploring the emotional burden of adolescents with idiopathic generalized epilepsy - This exploratory cross-sectional multicenter study evaluated the presence of depression and anxiety traits in adolescents with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and explored their association with epilepsy-related clinical variables. Sixty-eight patients aged 11-18 years with a confirmed IGE diagnosis participated. Emotional symptoms were assessed using the parent-reported Child Behavior Ch...

Corrigendum to "Does 7 T MRI offer an added value in drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy?" [Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy 134 (2026) 27-36] - No abstract

Tele-neuropsychological assessment in children with self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: a pilot study - INTRODUCTION: Telemedicine has gained increasing prominence in healthcare services, with neuropsychological tele-assessment emerging as a promising tool for evaluating and monitoring cognitive functions remotely, even in clinical conditions with mild vulnerabilities. Despite its growing application in adults, its use in pediatric clinical contexts remains understudied. Among pediatric disorders...

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.