Epilepsy News

Patients with epilepsy, caregivers want better communication from health care providers - Individuals with epilepsy and their caregivers want improved communication and a broader base of information from their health care providers for a greater sense of security, according to a ...

What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...

Many people have seizures. Here's why it doesn’t always mean epilepsy - One of the most common causes of epilepsy is a structural brain abnormality. “Epilepsy can result from structural issues in the brain, such as brain tumors, brain injuries, brain infections or ...

Supporting someone with epilepsy: How you can help during a seizure | Health Smart - "First thing is safety. Lower them to the ground, turn them to the side so they don't choke and time the seizure. If it goes beyond 3 to 4 minutes, call 911 immediately and don’t put anything in the ...

AAN’s First-Ever Functional Seizure Guideline Released - The AAN’s first-ever functional seizure guideline targets stigma and unnecessary treatment, offering clearer diagnostic steps and guidance on effective psychological interventions.

Durham family, desperate to help 3-year-old with severe epilepsy, fundraising for seizure alert dog - Doctors diagnosed Finley with epilepsy. No one else in the Mullen family has the seizure disorder, and Ashley and Will worked to learn as much as possible about it and document Finley’s ...

'I just felt like me': West MI woman's journey from epilepsy to seizure-free life - Taylor Hyma's journey from enduring drug-resistant epilepsy to becoming seizure-free after brain surgery highlights hope and challenges for patients.

Felbamate Shows Sustained Use and Safety in Pediatric Epilepsy: Study - According to new research more than half of children with refractory epilepsy treated with felbamate remain on therapy for at least one year without treatment failure, and contemporary use ...

Late-Onset Epilepsy a Distinct Neurodegenerative Subtype? - Emerging clinical and autopsy evidence points to late-onset epilepsy as a potentially distinct, neurodegeneration-related form of epilepsy, with many cases still unexplained.

Women and Epilepsy - You could say that epilepsy doesn't discriminate. It strikes men and women at about the same rate. Men are slightly more likely to develop it than women. But that doesn't mean that it always affects ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Neurofeedback Gains Popularity and Lab Attention - You sit in a chair, facing a computer screen, while a clinician sticks electrodes to your scalp with a viscous goop that takes days to wash out of your hair. Wires from the sensors connect to a ...

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill adult patients admitted with traumatic brain injury: a cohort study - CONCLUSIONS: Patients with traumatic brain injury have a high risk of in-hospital death. Those who survive the initial hospitalization are at risk of long-term outcomes including new epilepsy.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Critical Complication in Patients Treated with Pyridoxal Phosphate - Background Pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (PLP) is in most patients the effective treatment for pyridox(am)ine-5'-phosphate oxidase (PNPO) deficiency, a rare autosomal recessive cause of neonatal-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Although generally considered safe, long-term high-dose PLP exposure may have hepatotoxic effects, particularly in the absence of pharmaceutical-grade formulat...

CGRP alleviates epilepsy via JAK1-STAT1-P2RX7 signaling: a novel neuroprotective axis targeting neuronal damage - CONCLUSIONS: These results provide new insights into the mechanisms of neuroprotection mediated by the neuropeptide CGRP. Moreover, targeting the JAK1/STAT1/P2RX7 pathway is a promising strategy for the treatment of epilepsy.

Senescent Cell Clearance Ameliorates Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Associated Spatial Memory Deficits in Mice - OBJECTIVE: The pharmacological treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), a disorder characterized by recurrent seizures and cognitive dysfunction, is limited to symptomatic control. Identifying novel targets to modify disease progression is of great clinical and translational interest. Cellular senescence has been recently implicated in the development and progression of other neurodegenerativ...

Improving MRI-Negative Epilepsy Localization: Synergy of Dual-Probe PET/MR (18F-FDG/11C-FMZ) - The localization of refractory epilepsy, especially MRI-negative cases, is a critical challenge in diagnosing and treating neurological disorders. To address this challenge, this study proposes a standardized protocol for localizing the epileptogenic focus using a dual-probe Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MR) technique. The protocol focuses on radiotracer selection...

Wind Swirl Pattern on Density Spectral Array in Anti-GABAB Receptor Encephalitis With Amnestic Seizures - No abstract

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.