Epilepsy News

Frequent Cannabis Use Tied to Greater Seizure Burden in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy - Frequent cannabis users with drug-resistant epilepsy have more convulsive seizures and require more antiseizure medications, but researchers caution that the findings do not establish causation.

Seizure action plans: Management and educational tools in epilepsy care - Historically, seizure action plans have focused on certain high-risk groups—such as people with drug-resistant epilepsy and people with a history of status epilepticus or seizure clusters. Neurology ...

Seizure or epilepsy? Understanding the critical difference could save lives - A sudden episode of shaking, confusion, or loss of awareness can be frightening - but does it mean epilepsy? Understanding the difference between a seizure and epilepsy is crucial for timely treatment ...

Using Seizure-Risk Forecasts to ID Best Time for Epilepsy Monitoring - NASHVILLE, Tennessee ― Scheduling video-electroencephalography (vEEG) monitoring on the basis of personalized seizure risk forecasts may improve diagnostic accuracy, emerging research suggests. In a ...

Excellent Brain Partners with Scholas Occurrentes to Bring ADHD Neurofeedback Training to Schools and Universities Worldwide - Founded in 2015 and based in Israel, Excellent Brain Ltd. develops neurofeedback-based brain-training technology designed to support attention and focus. Its Trainer Kit, is used by clinics, schools, ...

Can Neurofeedback Effectively Treat ADHD? - Neurofeedback training is an alternative therapy that uses real-time EEG data to help patients train their brains to improve focus, impulse control, and executive function. Since the 1970s, patients ...

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy? - Neurofeedback is a noninvasive form of therapy that trains the brain to improve various neurological issues, including chronic pain, ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Using EEG to monitor real-time ...

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his ...

What Does a Neurofeedback Technician Do? - Neurofeedback is about helping a client's brain learn to self-regulate by showing it its own EEG activity on a screen or through headphones. It is like going to the gym for your brain. It is not a ...

SV2A Attenuates Interictal anxiety in Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy via the SYT3-GluA2 Axis - CONCLUSION: SV2A plays a pivotal role in interictal anxiety associated with PRE. PRE downregulates SV2A and weakens the SV2A-SYT3 interaction, thereby driving aberrant LTP and the emergence of anxiety-like behavior.

"Destructive epilepsy", epilepsy metaphors of people with epilepsy: A qualitative study - CONCLUSIONS: Bycategorizing metaphors,this studysuggests that epilepsy is not merely a chronic physical disease but also reveals its psychosocial aspects and impact on individuals with epilepsy through their personal experiences. Metaphors are a powerful tool for understanding the inner world ofpatients with epilepsyand the emotional burdens that cannot be expressed in the clinic. The use of th...

What shapes health-related quality of life in drug-resistant epilepsy? Clinical, emotional, and cognitive predictors - CONCLUSION: HRQoL in DRE is influenced by clinical, emotional, and cognitive factors. Beyond seizure burden, mood disturbances, alexithymia, and neuropsychological performance are linked to HRQoL, underscoring the need for a holistic, patient-centered approach that addresses emotional and cognitive functioning alongside seizure control.

Integrating longitudinal seizure, medication, and quality of life data into epilepsy eare: A randomized crossover study of an Epic-integrated dashboard - OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy treatment decisions require clinicians and patients to synthesize longitudinal seizure diaries, anti-seizure medication (ASM) history, quality of life (QOL), and clinical data, which are often distributed across multiple sources. We evaluated whether an electronic health record (EHR)-integrated Epilepsy Dashboard improved patient/caregiver and clinician short-term outcomes c...

Feasibility of detecting changes in diary-based seizure cycles following antiseizure medication changes: A retrospective pilot study - CONCLUSION: Despite inherent limitations, seizure diaries may be used to detect changes in seizure timing during ASM regimen changes, reinforcing their value for seizure cycle studies. Substantial challenges remain for clinical application.

NKCC1 coordinates SPAK-PP1 signalling to regulate KCC2 membrane stability and seizure susceptibility - Chloride homeostasis, and thereby the efficacy of chloride-permeable GABAA receptor signaling, depends on the dynamic balance between NKCC1 (Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter 1) and KCC2 (K+-Cl- cotransporter 2), which respectively mediate chloride influx and extrusion to tightly control intracellular chloride concentration ([Cl-]i). Here, we uncover an unexpected mechanism by which NKCC1 regulates KCC...

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.