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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 ...
What Is Neurofeedback Therapy? - When I was a child, my mother suffered from horrible migraine headaches. Sometimes they were so bad that she’d have to close herself up in her bedroom for days with the shades drawn. Traditional pain ...
Neurofeedback may ease pain of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy - Functional brain training, known as neurofeedback, effectively reduced symptoms associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, according to a randomized pilot study published in Cancer.
Neurofeedback Reduces Pain Associated With Peripheral Neuropathy From Chemotherapy - Pain from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy may be able to be reduced using neurofeedback, according to a recent study. Chemotherapy can have a number of side effects on patients with cancer, ...
Betsy DeVos backs a technique claiming to cure ADHD without medication — but the science is questionable - Every time Erin publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from Business ...
What Is Neurofeedback Therapy? - When I was a child, my mother suffered from horrible migraine headaches. Sometimes they were so bad that she’d have to close herself up in her bedroom for days with the shades drawn. Traditional pain ...
Neurofeedback may ease pain of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy - Functional brain training, known as neurofeedback, effectively reduced symptoms associated with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, according to a randomized pilot study published in Cancer.
Neurofeedback Reduces Pain Associated With Peripheral Neuropathy From Chemotherapy - Pain from chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy may be able to be reduced using neurofeedback, according to a recent study. Chemotherapy can have a number of side effects on patients with cancer, ...
Betsy DeVos backs a technique claiming to cure ADHD without medication — but the science is questionable - Every time Erin publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from Business ...
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A cell-autonomous role for the vitamin B6 metabolism gene PNPO in Drosophila GABAergic neurons -
In animals, the enzyme pyridox(am)ine 5'-phosphate oxidase (PNPO) is critical for synthesizing the active form of vitamin B6 (VB6), pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP), from inactive vitamers. PLP is a required cofactor for many enzymatic reactions, including the synthesis of GABA and the monoamines. PNPO disruption in humans is associated with an array of epilepsy syndromes, while Drosophila harborin...
Molecular mechanisms of neurosteroids in temporal lobe epilepsy: current insights and therapeutic perspectives - Neurosteroids (NSs) are endogenous progesterone derivatives that act as natural allosteric modulators of GABA(A) receptors, exerting distinct effects from conventional receptor agonists. They play critical roles in modulating neuronal excitability, cognitive function, and stress responses, and have shown potential in mitigating seizure severity and frequency, particularly in temporal lobe epil...
Mapping white matter tracts with SEEG electrodes - OBJECTIVE: Stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) is designed to record gray matter (GM) activity for epileptogenic zone localization. SEEG electrodes, however, traverse white matter (WM) pathways that connect regions involved in seizure networks and cognition. We retrospectively evaluated WM tract sampling in patients with SEEG to identify pathways suitable for prospective WM stimulation studies...
Clinical and EEG predictors of treatment response in pediatric absence epilepsy - a single-center experience - CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Absence epilepsy encompasses a range of clinical syndromes, and outcomes are influenced by seizure type, age at onset, EEG characteristics, and initial treatment response. Early diagnosis and prompt initiation of appropriate therapy are critical for achieving seizure control. However, some patients, particularly those with atypical absence syndromes, may c...
Case Report: Successful multimodal management of FIRES in a pediatric patient using anakinra, ketogenic diet, and induced hypothermia - Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome is a devastating, refractory epileptic encephalopathy that typically occurs in school-aged, otherwise healthy, children after a brief, non-specific, febrile illness. In this study, we discuss a case of a previously healthy 10-year-old girl with FIRES in whom high dosages of conventional and non-conventional antiepileptic drugs were ineffective in trea...
Cannabidiol potentiates phenobarbital effects in the control of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced epileptic seizures in neonate rats - Epilepsy is characterized by the predisposition to epileptic seizures resulting from neuronal hyperexcitability and hypersynchrony. Seizure management consists primarily of the long-term use of antiseizure drugs, such as phenobarbital (PB). However, many patients, especially neonates, exhibit resistance to PB and can suffer adverse effects, including abnormal neuronal apoptosis. Cannabidiol (CB...
Molecular mechanisms of neurosteroids in temporal lobe epilepsy: current insights and therapeutic perspectives - Neurosteroids (NSs) are endogenous progesterone derivatives that act as natural allosteric modulators of GABA(A) receptors, exerting distinct effects from conventional receptor agonists. They play critical roles in modulating neuronal excitability, cognitive function, and stress responses, and have shown potential in mitigating seizure severity and frequency, particularly in temporal lobe epil...
Mapping white matter tracts with SEEG electrodes - OBJECTIVE: Stereo-electroencephalography (SEEG) is designed to record gray matter (GM) activity for epileptogenic zone localization. SEEG electrodes, however, traverse white matter (WM) pathways that connect regions involved in seizure networks and cognition. We retrospectively evaluated WM tract sampling in patients with SEEG to identify pathways suitable for prospective WM stimulation studies...
Clinical and EEG predictors of treatment response in pediatric absence epilepsy - a single-center experience - CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Absence epilepsy encompasses a range of clinical syndromes, and outcomes are influenced by seizure type, age at onset, EEG characteristics, and initial treatment response. Early diagnosis and prompt initiation of appropriate therapy are critical for achieving seizure control. However, some patients, particularly those with atypical absence syndromes, may c...
Case Report: Successful multimodal management of FIRES in a pediatric patient using anakinra, ketogenic diet, and induced hypothermia - Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome is a devastating, refractory epileptic encephalopathy that typically occurs in school-aged, otherwise healthy, children after a brief, non-specific, febrile illness. In this study, we discuss a case of a previously healthy 10-year-old girl with FIRES in whom high dosages of conventional and non-conventional antiepileptic drugs were ineffective in trea...
Cannabidiol potentiates phenobarbital effects in the control of pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced epileptic seizures in neonate rats - Epilepsy is characterized by the predisposition to epileptic seizures resulting from neuronal hyperexcitability and hypersynchrony. Seizure management consists primarily of the long-term use of antiseizure drugs, such as phenobarbital (PB). However, many patients, especially neonates, exhibit resistance to PB and can suffer adverse effects, including abnormal neuronal apoptosis. Cannabidiol (CB...
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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.