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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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? - 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 ...

Can Monitoring Brain Waves Boost Mental Health? - Neurofeedback has promised a mental health revolution for decades. But is it effective? Credit...Tony Luong for The New York Times Supported by By David Dodge Twice a week, Stephanie, a 37-year-old ...

Novel neurofeedback technique enhances awareness of mind-wandering - Everyone knows the feeling. You are trying to concentrate on driving or studying, or paying attention in a boring meeting, but suddenly, you realize that you are thinking about something irrelevant to ...

Mortality in two independent First Seizure Clinic cohorts up to 20 years post epilepsy diagnosis - CONCLUSION: Both FSCs demonstrate persistent excess mortality after a new epilepsy diagnosis. Patients who report a history of previous medical conditions, particularly those with problematic alcohol/substance use are potentially important risk groups and warrant further examination. These findings contribute to patient counselling, and inform further investigation.

Investigating the influence of anti-seizure medications on aperiodic EEG activity - CONCLUSIONS: Both lamotrigine and levetiracetam altered aperiodic and periodic EEG activity, with aperiodic effects observed only during eyes-open.

Multifocal continuous theta burst stimulation in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: a cohort study - CONCLUSIONS: Multifocal cTBS appeared to be a safe and effective treatment in our cohort of patients with IGE.

Phenylbutyrate-Responsive SLC6A1-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder Associated With a Familial Variant - SLC6A1-related neurodevelopmental disorder is a synaptopathy characterized by developmental delay, epilepsy, and neurobehavioral manifestations with marked phenotypic variability. Variants impair γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transporter-1 (GAT-1) folding and trafficking, reducing inhibitory neurotransmission and promoting hyperexcitability. Pharmacologic chaperones such as 4-phenylbutyrate (4-PBA...

Bridging Temporal and Spatial Scales: Contemporary Advances in EEG-fMRI Integration With a Focus on Epilepsy - CONCLUSION: EEG-fMRI integration represents a promising approach for advancing the understanding and management of epilepsy. However, technical, analytical, and translational challenges remain, and further research is required to facilitate broader clinical adoption.

Surgery for Drug Resistant Epilepsy with Malformations of Cortical Development: Role of Non-Invasive Pre-Surgical Evaluation, Surgical Strategy and Seizure Outcome Prediction - CONCLUSIONS: Based upon these predictors, we conclude that patients with stereotypical habitual seizures, who were on fewer anti seizure medications (ASM) preoperatively and who have undergone complete resection of the lesion can expect a favorable post-operative seizure outcome. Lack of concordant findings on pre-surgical evaluation did not independently predict poor outcome in this study, sug...

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.