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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 ...

Every seizure can look and feel very different: NMU holds presentation on epilepsy and seizure training - The presentation hopes to clear up misconceptions regarding epilepsy and seizures as well as how to help those in need.

Study: Epilepsy patients benefit from structured 'seizure action plans' - A new 16-week study of 204 adult epilepsy patients found that 98% of participants believe that all patients with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan (SAP), regardless of seizure status. These ...

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 ...

Development and psychometric validation of a screening tool of psychosocial risk factors in patients with epilepsy: the ARisE study protocol - Introduction Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological chronic diseases worldwide. While medications can control seizures, about one-third of people with epilepsy have drug-resistant epilepsy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Can Neurofeedback Effectively Treat ADHD? - Neurofeedback training is an alternative therapy that uses real-time EEG data to help patients train their brains to improve focus, impulse control, and executive function. Since the 1970s, patients ...

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 ...

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 ...

Testing a brain training device for better focus sleep and relaxation - A detailed review of a neurofeedback headband exploring how brain training technology works and the creator’s experience using it for focus relaxation sleep and mental performance. #Neurofeedback #Men ...

Camelback Recovery Launches Neurofeedback Therapy at Its Phoenix Treatment Center - Camelback Recovery has launched neurofeedback therapy at its Phoenix treatment center, expanding the care options available within its mental health and addiction programs. Phoenix, Arizona--(Newsfile ...

Comment: Efficacy and Safety of Levetiracetam vs Sodium Valproate in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - No abstract

Differential effects of sodium channel blockers on SCN8A gain-of-function variants associated with drug-responsive or -resistant epilepsy - Gain-of-function variants in SCN8A, which encodes the Na(V)1.6 sodium channel, lead to epilepsy syndromes ranging from drug-responsive self-limited and intermediate epilepsy to drug-resistant developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). It is currently unclear why individuals with SCN8A gain-of-function variants show variable responses to sodium channel blockers (SCBs). Here, we compared t...

Efficacy of chitosan-encapsulated carbamazepine on seizures induced by pentylenetetrazole kindling - Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced kindling is an established model for investigating seizure mechanisms and evaluating the efficacy of antiepileptic drugs. Novel drug delivery systems, such as nanoparticles, offer improved therapeutic outcomes by enhancing brain bioavailability and reducing adverse effects. This study investigated the effects of chitosan-encapsulated carbamazepine nanoparticles ...

Beyond the classic ketogenic diet: A systematic review of alternative and adjunctive therapies for GLUT1 deficiency syndrome - CONCLUSIONS: While CKD remains the reference standard for GLUT1-DS management, selected alternative and adjunctive therapies may offer clinically meaningful benefit in specific clinical contexts. The current evidence base, however, is limited. These findings support cautious and individualized use of alternative therapeutic strategies while highlighting the need for larger prospective studies a...

Comparison of amyloid-β, total tau and phospho-tau in clinical AD patients with and without epileptiform EEG patterns - CONCLUSIONS: Our bivariate analyses revealed the unexpected observation that the presence of IEDs was associated with lower rather than higher phospho-tau levels in clinical AD patients. This finding awaits further confirmation in a larger cohort.

The self-reinforcing cycle of financial toxicity in Epilepsy: an evolutionary concept analysis - Epilepsy is a neurological condition that affects the entire household through its chronic course, lifelong medication requirements, and intensive caregiving demands. Financial toxicity, a concept originating in oncology, describes the harm that arises when the costs of care extend beyond the depletion of household resources to affect patients' and families' quality of life, psychological wellb...

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.