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What is neurofeedback therapy? - Neurofeedback therapy uses electrical sensors on the head to track brain reactions. The therapy helps with conditions like ADHD, anxiety, and insomnia by changing how the brain functions. Different ...

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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 ...

Brain training with neurofeedback shows enhanced benefits on cognitive functions - Neurofeedback has been used for decades to reinforce healthy brain functions. With previous research reporting a positive correlation between enhanced brain activities during brain training and ...

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 ...

In Vivo Longitudinal Mapping of Brain Iron Accumulation After Pilocarpine-Induced Status Epilepticus - Iron accumulations have been identified in resected tissue from patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. These deposits are linked to ferroptosis, a form of nonapoptotic cell death in which iron catalyzes the formation of reactive oxygen species, leading to lipid peroxidation. Experimentally, this process has recently been associated with seizures based on the increased levels of specif...

The Neurology of Menopause - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Menopause is a neuroendocrine process with important implications for neurological health. This review examines the complex, multidirectional relationships between menopause and major central nervous system conditions, including stroke, migraine, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability in a Boy with a 2q13 Microdeletion Affecting the BUB1 Gene - Background: The chromosomal microdeletion syndrome 2q13 is characterized by craniofacial dysmorphism, developmental delay, intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cardiac abnormalities, and seizures. Case Presentation: In this study, we present a descriptive genomic observation of a teenage boy presenting with epilepsy, intellectual disabilit...

Perampanel Monotherapy in Epileptic Children: A Systematic Review with Pooled Descriptive Analysis - This systematic review with a pooled descriptive analysis aimed to improve our understanding of perampanel monotherapy for epilepsy in children today. The databases were created following a PubMed search, adhering to PRISMA guidelines. A total of 12 studies from 74 citations published between 2016 and 2026 met the specified inclusion criteria. The pooled descriptive analysis featured 8 retrospe...

Childhood-Onset Refractory Absence Epilepsy as a Presentation of Glucose Transporter 1 Deficiency Syndrome Type 2: A Case Report With a Diagnostic Challenge - Glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) deficiency syndrome is a rare metabolic disorder caused by mutations in the SLC2A1 gene resulting in impaired glucose transport through the blood-brain barrier. The "classic" phenotype in children includes early-onset drug-resistant epilepsy, especially absence epilepsy, cognitive delay, movement disorders, and microcephaly. The ketogenic diet is the only treatment...

Effect of Concomitant Medications on Adverse Event Frequency, Severity, and Time to Resolution in a Cenobamate Open-Label Trial - CONCLUSIONS: Patients taking fewer concomitant ASMs reported better tolerability as evidenced by fewer and less severe AEs and faster time to resolution. These findings emphasize the importance of optimizing concomitant ASM regimens through dose adjustments, ASM substitution, and treatment simplification to improve tolerability.

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.