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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 ...
Wearable Tech Advances in Epilepsy Seizure Detection - A narrative review published in Acta Epileptologica on March 2, 2026, synthesizes the current state of wearable digital health technologies in epilepsy management.
Seizure action plans: More than management tools for epilepsy - Newswise — 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 ...
Epilepsy Patients' Own Alert Labels Helped an AI Seizure Monitor Cut False Alarms by About 80% in Simulation - A study found summer food insufficiency rose 4 percentage points among low-income households with children, while first-year Summer EBT participation was low and showed no measurable effect. Federal ...
Does Levetiracetam Improve Seizure Outcomes in Pediatric Epilepsy? - Although levetiracetam was associated with improved seizure outcomes compared with placebo in pediatric epilepsy, it did not demonstrate superior efficacy when compared with established active ...
Wearable Tech Advances in Epilepsy Seizure Detection - A narrative review published in Acta Epileptologica on March 2, 2026, synthesizes the current state of wearable digital health technologies in epilepsy management.
Seizure action plans: More than management tools for epilepsy - Newswise — 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 ...
Epilepsy Patients' Own Alert Labels Helped an AI Seizure Monitor Cut False Alarms by About 80% in Simulation - A study found summer food insufficiency rose 4 percentage points among low-income households with children, while first-year Summer EBT participation was low and showed no measurable effect. Federal ...
Does Levetiracetam Improve Seizure Outcomes in Pediatric Epilepsy? - Although levetiracetam was associated with improved seizure outcomes compared with placebo in pediatric epilepsy, it did not demonstrate superior efficacy when compared with established active ...
Neurofeedback News
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 ...
Can Brain Training Reduce Tinnitus? "Neurofeedback" Research Advancing in Switzerland - Tinnitus is not a phenomenon that occurs only within the ears.Recent research suggests that many cases of tinnitus are caused and sustained by "changes in how the brain functions." This has led to ...
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 ...
Systematic Review Finds Few Active Controlled Benefits in Athlete Neurofeedback Studies - A systematic review of 56 athletic neurofeedback studies reveals that while positive outcomes are widely reported, only 18 percent demonstrate benefits over active control groups.
Elite athletes enhance their performance with 'neurofeedback'—and you can get a device for $99 - When you think of the training tools that professional athletes have at their disposal, high-tech sports equipment and state-of-the-art athletic facilities come to mind. But training for peak ...
Can Brain Training Reduce Tinnitus? "Neurofeedback" Research Advancing in Switzerland - Tinnitus is not a phenomenon that occurs only within the ears.Recent research suggests that many cases of tinnitus are caused and sustained by "changes in how the brain functions." This has led to ...
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 ...
Systematic Review Finds Few Active Controlled Benefits in Athlete Neurofeedback Studies - A systematic review of 56 athletic neurofeedback studies reveals that while positive outcomes are widely reported, only 18 percent demonstrate benefits over active control groups.
Elite athletes enhance their performance with 'neurofeedback'—and you can get a device for $99 - When you think of the training tools that professional athletes have at their disposal, high-tech sports equipment and state-of-the-art athletic facilities come to mind. But training for peak ...
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A Novel Variant of Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Presenting with Psychomotor Retardation, Restricted Diffusion in the Brainstem and Corpus Callosal Malformation: A Case Report -
CONCLUSION: This case expands the radiological spectrum of ALG9-related CDG and highlights the importance of advanced neuroimaging and molecular diagnostics in children with unexplained developmental delay and epilepsy.
Tau spread plays an etiopathogenic connection between seizures and Alzheimer's disease - Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) display heightened seizure susceptibility, in which neuronal hyperactivity during seizures correlates with exacerbated Tau pathology and cognitive impairment. This study integrated public transcriptomic datasets with machine learning approaches, suggesting Tau spread as a key biological association between seizure activity and AD. We validated activity-dep...
Bilateral cerebellar high-frequency rTMS for refractory epilepsy: a randomized, single-blind, sham-controlled study - CONCLUSION: Active cerebellar rTMS was associated with reduced seizure frequency, improved responder rates, and suppressed IEDs in refractory epilepsy with no obvious discomfort. The optimal efficacy duration was approximately 2 months, with greater IED suppression in patients with higher baseline levels.
Risk factors for seizures in patients with brain metastases: integrating clinical features and molecular markers - CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest an association between seizure risk and molecular status of the primary tumor, specifically BRAF mutations in melanoma and HER2+ breast cancer subtype. Additionally, we found an improved OS in BM patients experiencing seizures at onset of disease. These findings are exploratory and warrant confirmation in larger cohorts; this could help refine seizure-risk esti...
Lentivector transduction of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells improves disease manifestations in mouse models of Farber disease and SMA-PME - Farber disease (FD) is a progressive lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficient acid ceramidase (ACDase) activity. Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy (SMA-PME) is also caused by biallelic variants of the ASAH1 gene, which encodes ACDase. ACDase deficiency leads to lysosomal accumulation of ceramide and the other lipids causing multi-system organ failure. Neurologica...
FLT3 Kinase Inhibition Reshapes the Neuronal Transcriptome to Suppress Seizures - Approximately one-third of individuals with epilepsy are refractory to current anti-seizure medications, highlighting the need for new, mechanism-based therapeutic approaches. Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), a receptor tyrosine kinase classically studied in hematopoiesis and leukemia, is also expressed in neurons, although its function in the brain remains largely unexplored. Our prior work ...
Tau spread plays an etiopathogenic connection between seizures and Alzheimer's disease - Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) display heightened seizure susceptibility, in which neuronal hyperactivity during seizures correlates with exacerbated Tau pathology and cognitive impairment. This study integrated public transcriptomic datasets with machine learning approaches, suggesting Tau spread as a key biological association between seizure activity and AD. We validated activity-dep...
Bilateral cerebellar high-frequency rTMS for refractory epilepsy: a randomized, single-blind, sham-controlled study - CONCLUSION: Active cerebellar rTMS was associated with reduced seizure frequency, improved responder rates, and suppressed IEDs in refractory epilepsy with no obvious discomfort. The optimal efficacy duration was approximately 2 months, with greater IED suppression in patients with higher baseline levels.
Risk factors for seizures in patients with brain metastases: integrating clinical features and molecular markers - CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest an association between seizure risk and molecular status of the primary tumor, specifically BRAF mutations in melanoma and HER2+ breast cancer subtype. Additionally, we found an improved OS in BM patients experiencing seizures at onset of disease. These findings are exploratory and warrant confirmation in larger cohorts; this could help refine seizure-risk esti...
Lentivector transduction of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells improves disease manifestations in mouse models of Farber disease and SMA-PME - Farber disease (FD) is a progressive lysosomal storage disorder caused by deficient acid ceramidase (ACDase) activity. Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Progressive Myoclonic Epilepsy (SMA-PME) is also caused by biallelic variants of the ASAH1 gene, which encodes ACDase. ACDase deficiency leads to lysosomal accumulation of ceramide and the other lipids causing multi-system organ failure. Neurologica...
FLT3 Kinase Inhibition Reshapes the Neuronal Transcriptome to Suppress Seizures - Approximately one-third of individuals with epilepsy are refractory to current anti-seizure medications, highlighting the need for new, mechanism-based therapeutic approaches. Fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), a receptor tyrosine kinase classically studied in hematopoiesis and leukemia, is also expressed in neurons, although its function in the brain remains largely unexplored. Our prior work ...
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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.