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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 ...

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 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 ...

Lived experiences and acceptability challenges among caregivers of people with epilepsy in Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa - CONCLUSION: Caregiving for PWE in rural South Africa is a demanding and socially shaped experience that extends beyond seizure management to include emotional labor, social negotiation, and structural hardship. Interventions to improve epilepsy outcomes should include caregiver education, stigma reduction, family-centered psychosocial support, and stronger community- and primary healthcare-base...

Caregiver burden and associated factors among primary caregivers of children with epilepsy in southwestern Uganda - CONCLUSION: Caregiver burden is highly prevalent among caregivers of children with epilepsy in rural Southwestern Uganda and is influenced by both caregiver characteristics and child-related clinical factors. Integrating caregiver-focused psychosocial support into epilepsy care services may help reduce caregiver burden and improve outcomes for children and their families in resource-limited set...

Expanding the phenotypic Spectrum of ZNF711: Autism and epilepsy in two siblings - Zinc Finger Protein 711 (ZNF711) is a Krüppel-type zinc finger transcription factor highly expressed in the brain and whose mutations have been associated with neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and epilepsy. While most pathogenic variants previously described affect the C-terminal DNA-binding domain, we report two siblings carrying a rare he...

Fenfluramine for seizures in Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Mechanisms, clinical evidence, safety, and practical integration - Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies such as Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome remain highly drug resistant and are associated with substantial neurodevelopmental, behavioral, and caregiver burdens. Fenfluramine, repurposed at low antiseizure doses, is approved as adjunctive therapy for both syndromes and has a distinct multimodal mechanism that combines serotonergic modulatio...

Epilepsy: Epidemiology, Molecular Pathogenesis, and Clinical Management - Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with a substantial global burden. Despite major advances in diagnosis and therapy, nearly one-third of patients remain resistant to antiseizure medications, highlighting persistent gaps in understanding epileptogenesis and disease progression. Here, we review epidemiological evidence, time-dependent seizure patterns, and pathogenic mechanisms that cont...

The Role of Emergent Brain CT Scans in the Management of Epilepsy Patients Presenting With Breakthrough Seizures - Background and purpose Approximately 1-3% of global emergency department (ED) visits are for acute seizures. The role of neuroimaging with non-contrast computed tomography (CT) has been well described for first-time unprovoked seizures. However, current guidelines provide limited or non-specific recommendations for the utility of routine neuroimaging in patients with a known history of epilepsy...

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.