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New fMRI neurofeedback study trains the brain to reduce depressive rumination - Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is far from a cookie-cutter diagnosis. Different patients report suffering from different subsets of symptoms, yet most are ultimately prescribed the same first-line ...

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 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 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 ...

Cyclic Recurrence of Seizures as a Marker for Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus - CONCLUSIONS: Cyclic seizures may represent a critical progression in the evolution of super-refractory SE, linked to higher seizure burden, increased severity, and worse prognosis. Early detection through cEEG might guide timely therapeutic interventions that could improve patient outcomes in this severe condition.

Assessing the role of Subacute Encephalopathy with Seizures in Alcoholics (SESA) syndrome in the development of status epilepticus: a case report and systematic review with individual patients' ana... - CONCLUSION: SE in the context of SESA requires tailored therapeutic strategies due to hepatic comorbidities and diagnostic ambiguity with NCSE. Our report supports the cautious use of propofol and ketamine in SRSE, as well as the efficacy of VNS in long-term seizure control.

Stabilizing fractional dynamical networks suppresses epileptic seizures - No abstract

Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-associated Cerebral Cortical Encephalitis: Two Cases Highlighting Diagnostic Pitfalls - Cerebral cortical encephalitis (CCE) represents a distinct phenotype of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody-associated disease. The most frequent presentation of CCE is acute encephalitis. We describe two cases with diverse clinical courses that posed diagnostic challenges. The cases included a 24-year-old man with a seizure-predominant smoldering course over several months, init...

Developmental Profile of Physiological High-Frequency Oscillations in the Human Brain - High-frequency oscillations (HFOs), transient burst of ≥ 80 Hz activity, are increasingly recognized as promising EEG biomarkers of the epileptogenic zone for guiding epilepsy surgery. However, the presence of physiological HFOs in healthy cortex complicates their interpretation. The developmental profile of physiological HFOs in children remains poorly characterized, despite profound maturatio...

Gene-specific long-term course, neurodevelopmental outcome and quality of life in patients with LIS1/PAFAH1B1-, DCX-, DYNC1H1-, TUBA1A- and TUBG1-related lissencephaly - CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms the severely impaired developmental potential and frequent neurological and medical complications in lissencephaly patients from an early age. The psychomotor prognosis in LIS1/PAFAH1B1-related lissencephaly is significantly worse compared to DCX-related lissencephaly. Supportive therapies are used intensively and are considered to be very effective. The disease ...

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.