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Suicidality May Predict Treatment Resistance in Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy - Future treatment resistance to focal epilepsy therapy was significantly more likely in individuals who reported suicidal ideation at the time of diagnosis, a new study shows.

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 ...

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 ...

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 - Epileptic seizures alter sleep by prolonging the stage that's central to memory formation, potentially predisposing the brain to "remember" how to trigger subsequent seizures more easily, a small ...

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, ...

How Neurofeedback Can Help Troubled Couples Get Back on the Same Wavelength - Dr. David Helfand (left) with a patient. The cap contains 19 electrodes that measure the brain’s electrical activity. Credit: Courtesy When a 10-year romantic relationship ended last spring for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neurofeedback gets you back in the zone - Researchers have shown -- for the first time -- that they can use online neurofeedback to modify an individual's arousal state to improve performance in a demanding sensory motor task, such as flying ...

Understanding The Role Of Neurofeedback Technology In Addressing ADHD - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent challenge in today's educational and professional landscapes. Most of us are familiar with ADHD, either ...

Tissue oxygenation dynamics during transition from seizure to spreading depolarization in rat brain - OBJECTIVE: Spreading depolarization (SD) is a phenomenon underlying various neurological conditions, including epilepsy. Researchers have suspected that local tissue oxygenation breakdown induces spontaneous SD. In this study, we investigated the relationship between spontaneous epileptic seizures and SD, with a focus on the role of local tissue oxygenation during the transition from seizure to...

Ictal fear of death with preserved context dependent speech and postictal amnesia in focal epilepsy - INTRODUCTION: Seizure semiology reflects dynamic interactions among ictal activity, internal state, and environmental context, and often involves distributed neural networks beyond the epileptogenic focus.

Unmasking Brugada syndrome: a case report of diagnostic oversights - CONCLUSION: Early recognition of BrS in patients with syncope is critical, especially for first-line providers interpreting ECGs, as it may prevent SCD.

A Longitudinal Imaging and Clinical Data Workflow Identifies Potential Time-Dependent Risk Factors for Post-Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) can lead to recurrent seizures, but the clinical factors that influence which patients will develop epilepsy remain unclear. We built a workflow integrating longitudinal clinical, laboratory, and brain imaging data to identify factors associated with post-SAH epilepsy.

Investigation of adolescent cases diagnosed with idiopathic/genetic generalized epilepsy in terms of self-esteem, aggression, body perception, and alexithymia - CONCLUSION: Adolescents with well-controlled IGE and minimal psychiatric comorbidities demonstrated comparable levels of psychosocial functioning to their healthy peers. This finding is consistent with evidence suggesting that psychosocial difficulties in epilepsy are often linked to comorbidity and contextual factors rather than to the diagnosis alone. Studies conducted in broader settings and...

James Kiffin Penry: shaping the modern epilepsy dialogue - Understanding epilepsy, one of the most frequent chronic neurological conditions, requires recognizing it as a spectrum of brain disorders characterized by a persistent tendency to generate seizures. In the 20th century, researchers like James Kiffin Penry advanced the development and clinical testing of antiseizure medications, improving treatment options and patient outcomes. Dr. Penry helped...

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.