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Mindmachines.com Unveils Advanced RoshiWave Mind Machine for Enhanced Mental Wellness Through Neurofeedback Technology -
Mindmachines.com has introduced the third generation of its RoshiWave IN-SIGHT Mind Machine, a mental wellness device that employs Dynamic Neuro-Activation technology to help users achieve meditative ...
Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his hand, the kind you could use to tote a dirty bomb. Once inside my living room, he cracked open the case and removed a laptop, a ...
Neurofeedback as a Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease - April was Parkinson’s Awareness Month, which prompted me to share this story and an effective, yet little-known treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Parkinson’s disease is a form of brain disorder, ...
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 ...
Nurse uses neurofeedback to change lives - Ann McClain dabs some EEG paste on my scalp and attaches the sensors to each side of my head. She presses some buttons on her computer keyboard and the screen in front of me bursts into color. Vaguely ...
Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his hand, the kind you could use to tote a dirty bomb. Once inside my living room, he cracked open the case and removed a laptop, a ...
Neurofeedback as a Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease - April was Parkinson’s Awareness Month, which prompted me to share this story and an effective, yet little-known treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Parkinson’s disease is a form of brain disorder, ...
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 ...
Nurse uses neurofeedback to change lives - Ann McClain dabs some EEG paste on my scalp and attaches the sensors to each side of my head. She presses some buttons on her computer keyboard and the screen in front of me bursts into color. Vaguely ...
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Type 3 Sturge-Weber Syndrome Presenting With Concurrent Epilepsy and Migraine -
Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare congenital disorder with vascular malformations affecting the brain, skin, and eyes. Type 3 Sturge-Weber syndrome, the rarest form, presents with isolated leptomeningeal angiomas, often causing diagnostic delays. This report highlights an unusual presentation where both recurrent focal seizures and migraine-like headaches were prominent, long-standing features. A...
Clinical outcomes following stereotactic MRI-guided laser ablation in children with tuberous sclerosis complex and intractable epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: In children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic laser ablation (SLA) therapy offers less-invasive treatment compared to craniotomy and resection. Our study seeks to further expand on the long-term outcomes in patients with TSC-related DRE who have undergone SLA.
Gene therapy for epilepsy: An emerging, promising approach for a serious neurological disorder - Gene therapy is emerging as a groundbreaking strategy for treating epilepsy, offering new hope to patients who do not respond to conventional medications. Despite advancements in anti-seizure treatments, nearly 30%-40% of individuals with epilepsy continue to experience uncontrolled seizures, highlighting the urgent need for more effective and long-lasting solutions. By addressing the underlyin...
Clinical and genetics spectrum of 392 Chinese patients with genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus - CONCLUSION: The phenotypic spectrum of GEFS+ was broad and FS and FS+ constituted the main phenotypes. Multiple types of seizures and intellectual disability/developmental delay (ID/DD) were more likely to occur in children with low fever sensitivity. Sodium voltage-gated channel genes, especially SCN1A, and GABA receptor-related genes were frequent in the genotypic spectrum of GEFS+. GABA rece...
Seizure occurrence in FCD type II is predicted by lesion position and linked to cytoarchitectural alterations - Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is a common malformation of cortical development and a major cause of early-onset, drug-resistant epilepsy. FCD type II is defined by abnormal lamination, altered cellular composition, and pathological cells, notably dysmorphic neurons (DNs) and balloon cells. DNs are thought to drive epileptogenicity through both cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms...
Status Epilepticus Related to Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature - Prolonged seizures (PS), tardive seizures (TS), and status epilepticus (SE) are rare but severe complications related to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Factors increasing the risk for these conditions and measures making ECT safe after PS, TS, and SE are insufficiently studied. Therefore, we report and discuss the case of a 43-year-old woman with recurrent major depressive disorder and a hist...
Clinical outcomes following stereotactic MRI-guided laser ablation in children with tuberous sclerosis complex and intractable epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: In children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic laser ablation (SLA) therapy offers less-invasive treatment compared to craniotomy and resection. Our study seeks to further expand on the long-term outcomes in patients with TSC-related DRE who have undergone SLA.
Gene therapy for epilepsy: An emerging, promising approach for a serious neurological disorder - Gene therapy is emerging as a groundbreaking strategy for treating epilepsy, offering new hope to patients who do not respond to conventional medications. Despite advancements in anti-seizure treatments, nearly 30%-40% of individuals with epilepsy continue to experience uncontrolled seizures, highlighting the urgent need for more effective and long-lasting solutions. By addressing the underlyin...
Clinical and genetics spectrum of 392 Chinese patients with genetic epilepsy with febrile seizures plus - CONCLUSION: The phenotypic spectrum of GEFS+ was broad and FS and FS+ constituted the main phenotypes. Multiple types of seizures and intellectual disability/developmental delay (ID/DD) were more likely to occur in children with low fever sensitivity. Sodium voltage-gated channel genes, especially SCN1A, and GABA receptor-related genes were frequent in the genotypic spectrum of GEFS+. GABA rece...
Seizure occurrence in FCD type II is predicted by lesion position and linked to cytoarchitectural alterations - Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is a common malformation of cortical development and a major cause of early-onset, drug-resistant epilepsy. FCD type II is defined by abnormal lamination, altered cellular composition, and pathological cells, notably dysmorphic neurons (DNs) and balloon cells. DNs are thought to drive epileptogenicity through both cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous mechanisms...
Status Epilepticus Related to Maintenance Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature - Prolonged seizures (PS), tardive seizures (TS), and status epilepticus (SE) are rare but severe complications related to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Factors increasing the risk for these conditions and measures making ECT safe after PS, TS, and SE are insufficiently studied. Therefore, we report and discuss the case of a 43-year-old woman with recurrent major depressive disorder and a hist...
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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.
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.