Epilepsy News

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his hand, the kind you could use to tote a dirty bomb. Once inside my living room, he cracked open the case and removed a laptop, a ...

What is neurofeedback therapy? - Medically reviewed by Shaheen Lakhan, MD, PhD, FAAN Key Takeaways Neurofeedback therapy uses electrical sensors on the head to track brain reactions.The therapy helps with conditions like ADHD, ...

Novel adjunct treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: Neurofeedback and deep brain reorienting - Dr. Lanius discusses the need for novel adjunct treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), highlighting two promising approaches ...

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 ...

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy And How Does It Work? - Ashwini Nadkarni, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Interim Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women ...

The correlation between tuber burden and epilepsy onset in children with tuberous sclerosis complex - CONCLUSION: Type II tuber burden, cortical calcification, and SEN count are independent neuroimaging predictors of early-onset epilepsy in TSC. The volume and proportion of type II tubers are also critically associated with antiseizure medication resistance, highlighting their clinical utility for prognosis and guiding early intervention strategies.

Effects of the jigsaw technique on childhood epileptic seizure management knowledge and attitudes of nursing students: A randomised controlled trial - CONCLUSION: Both the Jigsaw technique and traditional training in childhood epilepsy and seizure management were effective in improving students' knowledge and attitudes. However, the Jigsaw technique was particularly beneficial in enhancing students' self-confidence. These findings suggest that integrating the Jigsaw technique into nursing education may better prepare students for clinical pra...

Electro-clinical features of Mowat-Wilson syndrome: A retrospective study of 31 children in mainland China - OBJECTIVE: To summarize the electro-clinical and genetic characteristics of children with Mowat-Wilson syndrome (MWS).

Clinical and EEG characterization of late-onset de novo absence nonconvulsive status epilepticus secondary to benzodiazepine withdrawal - OBJECTIVE: Abrupt benzodiazepine (BDZ) withdrawal may induce nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), but information regarding its clinical and EEG features is limited. Our aim was to better characterize this condition.

Occupational Balance, Self-Management, and Quality of Life in Adults With Epilepsy - Occupational balance, self-management, and quality of life (QoL) are interrelated factors that play a critical role in well-being of individuals with epilepsy. This study examined the associations between occupational balance, self-management, and QoL in adults with epilepsy. A cross-sectional-study included 71 adults with epilepsy. Participants completed the Occupational Balance Questionnaire ...

Ventral subicular pyramidal neurons contribute to epileptogenesis via anterior thalamic circuit - The subiculum contains functionally distinct dorsal and ventral subdivisions and is implicated in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Yet, the contribution of ventral subicular glutamatergic neurons (vSub^(glu)) to epileptogenesis remains unclear. Using in vivo fiber photometry and c-Fos mapping in a hippocampal-kindling TLE model, we identified pronounced hyperactivation of vSub^(glu) during seizure...

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.