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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 ...
Neurofeedback game helps patients with MS manage fatigue - A compassionate neurofeedback game that can identify fatigue aims to help patients with MS, according to a poster presented at Cedars-Sinai’s eighth annual iteration of its Virtual Medicine Conference ...
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 ...
Excellent Brain Ltd. Launches New Android Version for Neurofeedback for ADHD Platform - Founded in 2015 by entrepreneur Ofer A. Lidsky, Excellent Brain Ltd. has been at the forefront of integrating EEG signal processing with advanced neurofeedback techniques. The company's platform is ...
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 ...
Neurofeedback game helps patients with MS manage fatigue - A compassionate neurofeedback game that can identify fatigue aims to help patients with MS, according to a poster presented at Cedars-Sinai’s eighth annual iteration of its Virtual Medicine Conference ...
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 ...
Excellent Brain Ltd. Launches New Android Version for Neurofeedback for ADHD Platform - Founded in 2015 by entrepreneur Ofer A. Lidsky, Excellent Brain Ltd. has been at the forefront of integrating EEG signal processing with advanced neurofeedback techniques. The company's platform is ...
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 ...
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Self-limited neonatal epilepsy with 2q24.3 duplications: Case series and literature review -
OBJECTIVE: To clarify the phenotypic spectrum associated with duplications involving the 2q24.3 region, which includes a cluster of genes encoding sodium channel subunits (SCN1A, SCN2A, SCN3A, SCN7A, and SCN9A).
Clinical vignette: Seizure recurrence after hemispheric disconnection-An EEG false lateralization trap - No abstract
Collapse of feed-forward inhibition underpins hyperexcitability in GABAA gain-of-function epilepsy - Gain-of-function (GOF) variants in GABAA receptors are increasingly recognised as a cause of severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE). However, the mechanisms by which enhanced GABAA receptor activity leads to neuronal network hyperexcitability remains unclear. We engineered a novel mouse model based on the human GOF GABRB3 p.(Glu77Lys) variant (β3E77K), identified in two indiv...
Exploring the role of PD-1 as a marker in drug-refractory epilepsy and its potential indication for valproic acid treatment - CONCLUSION: These findings identify PD-1 as a promising immune-inflammatory biomarker for DRE and its severe forms. Moreover, they suggest that the efficacy of VPA in ISE is mediated through the modulation of the PD-1 pathway and related cytokines, rather than a direct concentration-dependent pharmacological effect.
Knowledge, readiness to help, and attitudes toward epilepsy: A comparative study among Palestinian university students in health and non-health majors - This study explored and compared knowledge, readiness to help, and attitudes toward epilepsy among Palestinian university students enrolled in health‑related and non‑health majors. A cross‑sectional survey was conducted among Palestinian universities students, using a validated questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge (8 items), readiness to help (4 items), and attitud...
Associations of eating behaviors, dietary inflammation, and visceral adiposity with clinical and psychological features in epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate a close interplay between dietary behaviors, systemic inflammation, and epilepsy-related clinical features. The results emphasize the need for long-term, comprehensive studies focusing on inflammatory dietary patterns and their potential role in the management of epilepsy.
Clinical vignette: Seizure recurrence after hemispheric disconnection-An EEG false lateralization trap - No abstract
Collapse of feed-forward inhibition underpins hyperexcitability in GABAA gain-of-function epilepsy - Gain-of-function (GOF) variants in GABAA receptors are increasingly recognised as a cause of severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEE). However, the mechanisms by which enhanced GABAA receptor activity leads to neuronal network hyperexcitability remains unclear. We engineered a novel mouse model based on the human GOF GABRB3 p.(Glu77Lys) variant (β3E77K), identified in two indiv...
Exploring the role of PD-1 as a marker in drug-refractory epilepsy and its potential indication for valproic acid treatment - CONCLUSION: These findings identify PD-1 as a promising immune-inflammatory biomarker for DRE and its severe forms. Moreover, they suggest that the efficacy of VPA in ISE is mediated through the modulation of the PD-1 pathway and related cytokines, rather than a direct concentration-dependent pharmacological effect.
Knowledge, readiness to help, and attitudes toward epilepsy: A comparative study among Palestinian university students in health and non-health majors - This study explored and compared knowledge, readiness to help, and attitudes toward epilepsy among Palestinian university students enrolled in health‑related and non‑health majors. A cross‑sectional survey was conducted among Palestinian universities students, using a validated questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge (8 items), readiness to help (4 items), and attitud...
Associations of eating behaviors, dietary inflammation, and visceral adiposity with clinical and psychological features in epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate a close interplay between dietary behaviors, systemic inflammation, and epilepsy-related clinical features. The results emphasize the need for long-term, comprehensive studies focusing on inflammatory dietary patterns and their potential role in the management of epilepsy.
Science Daily
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.