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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 ...

Epilepsy: Understanding Seizures, Saving Lives, And Protecting Future Generations - Epilepsy is not a curse, not a mental illness, not contagious. It is a medical condition deserving compassion. Across societies, countless individuals living with epilepsy continue to endure fear, ...

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 ...

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy symptoms improved with antiseizure medication - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monthly seizure frequency percentage reduction was 68.73% for the entire study cohort. For those followed up in ...

EPILEPSY AWARENESS: Local neurologist explains condition & seizure first aid - COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local experts say epilepsy is not a condition to be afraid of. Piedmont Columbus Regional pediatric neurologist Pierre Fequiere treats patients with epilepsy every day and knows ...

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 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 ...

Bellevue Therapist Beverly Brashen, Ph.D. Offers Specialized Insomnia Treatment and Neurofeedback Therapy for Trauma and Chronic Sleep Disorders Across Greater Seattle - The integrative therapist at beverlybrashen.com combines neurofeedback, CBT-I, somatic therapy, trauma-informed care, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cardiac effects of one-year levetiracetam monotherapy in children with genetic generalized epilepsy: a prospective longitudinal study - CONCLUSIONS: In this prospective pediatric cohort of children with genetic generalized epilepsy, one year of levetiracetam monotherapy was not associated with adverse electrocardiographic or echocardiographic changes. These findings support a favorable cardiac safety profile of levetiracetam during one year of monotherapy in this pediatric population.

Defining seizure freedom in epilepsy: a pragmatic literature review - CONCLUSION: No consensus exists regarding how seizure freedom is operationalized and reported within clinical trials and regulatory and HTA evaluations. This pragmatic literature review highlights substantial variability in definitions and measurement approaches across these contexts. The findings will be used to inform a Delphi panel exercise aimed at building expert consensus on how seizure f...

Overexpression effects of 4.1B protein on epilepsy and excitatory synaptic transmission in mice - Protein 4.1B, part of the evolutionarily conserved protein 4.1 family known for its role as cytoskeletal adaptors, is involved in the localization of NMDA receptors. However, its significance in epilepsy is not well understood. Considering the crucial role of the imbalance between synaptic excitation and inhibition in the development of epilepsy, we proposed that 4.1B might influence the progre...

The typical and atypical spectrum of subclinical rhythmic EEG discharges in adults and its electrical origin - CONCLUSION: The posterior cingulate/lingual gyrus were found to be the most common electrical sources using ESI. The possible association between hypoxia and SREDA may warrant further study.

Value-Based Care for Acute Pediatric Seizure Management: Operational Models, Quality Metrics, Barriers, and Financial Strategy - Acute pediatric seizure care spans the emergency department, inpatient ward, intensive care unit, and early outpatient follow-up, and it shapes throughput, admission decisions, neurodiagnostic use, discharge reliability, and downstream utilization. The literature on value in pediatric neurology remains limited, and broad operational frameworks risk drifting toward speculation unless they are an...

Variant-specific response of KCNT1 gain-of-function mutations to quinidine - Pathogenic KCNT1 variants such as F346L and R961H engender distinct clinical phenotypes and therapeutic responses. We investigated their electrophysiological properties and sensitivity to the potassium-channel blocker quinidine in an in vitro expression system. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings from CHO cells expressing wild-type (WT) or variant KCNT1 constructs showed that both F346L and R961H...

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.