Epilepsy News

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Help managing ADHD, anxiety, and depression with Neurofeedback Therapy - SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) – for some people, managing symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and sleep issues can result in professional after professional all trying ...

Novel neurofeedback technique enhances awareness of mind-wandering - Everyone knows the feeling. You are trying to concentrate on driving or studying, or paying attention in a boring meeting, but suddenly, you realize that you are thinking about something irrelevant to ...

A Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Ketogenic Diet on Seizures, Cardiorespiration, Sleep Architecture and Mortality in the Kv1.1 Knockout Mouse Model of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) - Background: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) causes significant mortality, affecting approximately 1 in 1000 people with epilepsy. Clinical and preclinical studies have identified severe seizures, bradycardia, apnea, severe postictal hypoxia, and sleep deficiency that emerge prior to SUDEP and thus may represent temporal biomarkers. The metabolic ketogenic diet (KD) therapy increases...

Neurobehavioral Signatures of Epileptogenesis: Molecular Programs, Trait-like Phenotypes, and Translational Biomarkers Beyond Seizures - Epileptogenesis is commonly defined by the emergence of spontaneous seizures after an initial insult; however, convergent experimental and clinical evidence indicates that the underlying disease process begins well before seizures become clinically detectable. During this pre-seizure phase, persistent molecular cascades remodel synaptic plasticity, circuit architecture, and glial-immune signali...

If You Care About Autonomic Modulation-Do Not Let Seizure Seizure - Background: To assess associations between possible dysfunction of autonomic cardiovascular modulation and hemispheric localization, seizure frequency, disease duration, and antiseizure medication (ASM) in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Methods: In this prospective observational study, cardiovascular autonomic modulation was monitored in 31 patients with TLE (12 patients with right TLE, 19 patie...

Beyond Epilepsy Control: Repurposing Antiepileptic Drugs in Central Nervous System Tumor Therapy - Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are primarily indicated for controlling epileptic seizures. However, accumulating clinical evidence suggests that their benefits in patients with central nervous system (CNS) tumors extend beyond seizure management. Emerging evidence indicates that AEDs possess direct antitumor activity independent of their antiepileptic effects, highlighting a promising novel directi...

Seizure Clusters: Current Concepts in Definition and Treatment - Seizure clusters (SCs) are an acute and transient increase in seizure frequency relative to an individual patient's baseline and are associated with an increased risk of injury, morbidity, and potentially mortality if not promptly and adequately treated. Despite their clinical importance, the management of SCs remains highly heterogeneous, primarily due to the absence of a universally accepted ...

Long-term safety of early discontinuation of antiseizure medication after resolution of acute provoked neonatal seizures - OBJECTIVE: To assess long-term safety of antiseizure medication (ASM) discontinuation after resolution of acute provoked neonatal seizures and prior to hospital discharge.

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.