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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 ...

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 ...

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? - 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 ...

BRYM secures €650K to develop wearable neurofeedback platform - Stockholm-based neurotech startup BRYM is developing a wearable neurofeedback platform designed to help users improve focus and cognitive performance through EEG-based brain training.

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 ...

Seizure-Induced Resolution of Depressive and Psychotic Symptoms in a Pregnant Patient: A Case of Spontaneous Neuromodulation - Many individuals with epilepsy often develop major depressive disorder (MDD), creating a complex interplay that exacerbates outcomes for affected individuals. The relationship between these disorders may be mediated by overlapping neurobiological mechanisms, including disturbances in the limbic system, neurotransmitter imbalances, and the psychosocial stressors of chronic illness. While the co-...

Refractory epilepsy from lead poisoning - CONCLUSIONS: This case highlights the importance of considering lead toxicity in unexplained encephalopathy or refractory seizures in children, with early recognition to prevent irreversible neurological sequelae.

Hilbert-domain sub-band feature framework for EEG-based seizure detection - Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease in which the brain's activity deviates from normal. The classification and analysis of EEG signals is the first step in diagnosing epilepsy. Various machine learning algorithms have been used in the past to classify epileptic EEG recordings. The proposed approach for EEG seizure detection is based on processing signals in the Hilbert domain. In this st...

AAV-mediated GPR173 gene therapy attenuates long-term refractory epilepsy by enhancing synaptic GABA(A) receptor expression - Approximately 30% of epilepsy patients are drug-resistant, and sustained seizure activity often reduces responsiveness to conventional therapies. This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated GPR173 gene therapy in two refractory epilepsy mouse models, including delayed-treatment epilepsy (DTE) and drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), and to...

Effectiveness and Safety of Cannabis-Based Products for Refractory Epilepsy From Real-World Evidence - PURPOSE: Cannabis-based products have emerged as a potential therapeutic option for refractory epilepsy; however, real-world evidence remains limited, particularly within public health systems. This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of cannabis-based products among patients with refractory epilepsy treated through Brazil's public health system and explored factors associated with per...

Seizure-induced apnea causes sudden death independent of cortical spike wave discharge in mouse models of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex - Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading cause of seizure-related mortality for people with epilepsy (PWE). Current evidence suggests that many cases of SUDEP are due to seizures that produce respiratory arrest, aka seizure-induced apnea. Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) are at a significant risk of SUDEP, and mouse models of TSC have early mortality. Previous re...

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.