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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 ...

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy And How Does It Work? - Ashwini Nadkarni, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Interim Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women ...

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 ...

Understanding The Role Of Neurofeedback Technology In Addressing ADHD - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent challenge in today's educational and professional landscapes. Most of us are familiar with ADHD, either ...

Retrospective characterization of idiopathic epilepsy in a referral population of Golden retrievers - The current study aimed at characterizing idiopathic epilepsy in a referral population of Golden Retrievers regarding signalment, seizure frequency, post-ictal signs, treatment response, survival time, and cause of death retrospectively. Data was extracted from medical records from two Scandinavian veterinary referral hospitals. Median survival time was calculated for the overall group and for ...

A spectral- topological network signature of drug-resistant epilepsy: a phase 1-2 study on resting-state EEG-based diagnostic biomarkers of drug resistance - CONCLUSIONS: We revealed convergent spectral and network-level alterations that delineate an intrinsic network signature highly associated with DRE.

Impact of spike frequency and location on cognitive and emotional development in children with genetic generalized and self-limited epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: Routine EEG IED frequency and laterality appear to have limited effects on cognition, depression, and anxiety in children with GGE and SeLFE, which may help guide family counseling regarding routine EEG findings.

Individualized, multimodal prediction and preemptive intervention for neuropsychiatric comorbidities in epilepsy: A randomized controlled trial - CONCLUSION: This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of embedding a multimodal, risk-stratified pathway into epilepsy care and provides hypothesis-generating signals supporting further evaluation in adequately powered multicenter trials. The findings do not establish causal efficacy or warrant immediate changes to clinical practice.

Impact of valproate discontinuation on seizure control in women of reproductive age - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate seizure control in women of reproductive age treated with valproic acid and to compare seizure outcomes between those who continued valproic acid and those who were switched to other anti-seizure medications.

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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.