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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 ...

The biggest epilepsy myths that can actually put patients in danger - Epilepsy myths can lead to harmful responses during seizures, delayed treatment and stigma. Knowing the facts can help patients and bystanders respond safely and appropriately.

New tools map seizures in the brain, improve epilepsy treatment - Two new models could solve a problem that's long frustrated millions of people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them: how to find precisely where seizures originate to treat exactly that part ...

Using Seizure-Risk Forecasts to ID Best Time for Epilepsy Monitoring - NASHVILLE, Tennessee ― Scheduling video-electroencephalography (vEEG) monitoring on the basis of personalized seizure risk forecasts may improve diagnostic accuracy, emerging research suggests. In a ...

First seizure clinic provides visit, pediatric epilepsy diagnosis in less than a week - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model expedites access to specialists after a first seizure. The mean time between the referral and the ...

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 ...

In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests that the memory-forming stage of sleep could be key for understanding epileptic seizures. . | Credit: ...

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 ...

Muse Treatment Publishes New Neurofeedback Resource Following 2026 Addiction Research and Changing Overdose Trends - LOS ANGELES, CA - September 14, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Muse Treatment has published a new educational resource ...

How virtual reality is changing brain-training technology - Integrating virtual reality into brain-training therapies can make the experience more enjoyable and engaging for users. A recent review published in the journal Applied Psychophysiology and ...

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 ...

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 Does a Neurofeedback Technician Do? - Neurofeedback is about helping a client's brain learn to self-regulate by showing it its own EEG activity on a screen or through headphones. It is like going to the gym for your brain. It is not a ...

Association of a Dietary Index for Gut Microbiota With Epilepsy Among US Adults Aged 40 and Over: A Cross-Sectional Study - CONCLUSIONS: Higher DI-GM adherence was associated with lower odds of prevalent epilepsy, particularly in metabolically healthier subgroups. Prospective and intervention studies are needed to test temporality and clinical relevance.

Severe bradycardia in a child with an implanted vagus nerve stimulator undergoing laparoscopy -A case report - CONCLUSIONS: Perioperative management of vagus nerve stimulators must be individualized. Maintaining device activation may be reasonable in children with recent seizure activity, whereas temporary deactivation may be considered during procedures associated with a high risk of vagal reflex. However, in cases requiring immediate deactivation, pharmacological intervention may be necessary given th...

Opportunities for Quantum Sensing in Epilepsy Diagnostics - Diagnosis in epilepsy depends on several distinct objectives-including interictal epileptiform discharge (IED) detection, source localisation of epileptiform activity, and seizure classification-each shaped by the underlying sensing technology. This review examines the opportunities that quantum magnetic sensing offers within this diagnostic framework, with particular emphasis on translational ...

Unraveling Druggable Targets in Epileptogenesis: Recent Advances - CONCLUSION: Neuroinflammation, neural remodeling, and neuronal death are key processes of epileptogenesis, providing a druggable framework for future anti-epileptogenic treatments.

Vigabatrin-associated brain MRI abnormalities in children: Associations with drug exposure and epilepsy etiology - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate risk factors for vigabatrin-associated brain abnormalities on MRI (VABAM) in children, with emphasis on epilepsy etiology.

Drug repurposing of glycerol phenylbutyrate for children with SLC6A1-related neurodevelopmental disorder: A prospective open-label case series - CONCLUSION: Glycerol phenylbutyrate was associated with improvements in individualized outcomes in children with SLC6A1-NDD. However, personalized goal attainment measures are susceptible to expectation and observer bias in open-label study designs. Controlled studies are needed to determine efficacy and guide patient selection.

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.