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Watch Out! A Few Minutes of Seizure May Mean Years of Mental Health Risk - Post-seizure psychosis may be linked to a higher risk of future psychiatric disorders in people with epilepsy.

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 ...

Seizure first aid, epilepsy awareness bill signed into law - Legislation aimed at helping South Carolina workplaces respond appropriately when someone experiences a seizure has been signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster.

Understanding the Mechanism of Action of Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Epilepsy - Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent, unprovoked seizures that can significantly affect ...

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 ...

What Is Neurofeedback Therapy? - Neurofeedback is a noninvasive form of therapy that trains the brain to improve various neurological issues, including chronic pain, ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Using EEG to monitor real-time ...

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 ...

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 ...

What Does a Neurofeedback Technician Do? - Neurofeedback is about helping a client's brain learn to self-regulate by showing it its own EEG activity on a screen or through headphones. It is like going to the gym for your brain. It is not a ...

Invasive Neuromodulation of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in Pediatric Populations: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - CONCLUSIONS: VNS, RNS, and DBS provide meaningful seizure reduction with favorable safety profiles in pediatric DRE, though seizure freedom remains uncommon. Treatment selection should be individualized on the basis of epilepsy characteristics, age, and practical considerations.

Pediatric developmental epileptic encephalopathies treated with cenobamate: Real-world outcomes across etiologies, syndromes, and seizure types - OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess cenobamate (CNB) effectiveness, tolerability, and dosing in pediatric developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs), testing prespecified hypotheses on response by syndrome, etiology, electroencephalographic pattern, seizure type, CNB dose (mg/kg/day), and concomitant medication.

Circadian modulation of aperiodic background and oscillatory activity as a biomarker of seizure burden in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome - OBJECTIVE: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe childhood onset epilepsy marked by drug-resistant seizures and generalized electroencephalographic abnormalities. Because patient-reported seizures are often unreliable, objective biomarkers are needed. This study investigates circadian modulation of aperiodic and oscillatory brain activity as a potential monitoring biomarker of seizure burde...

Long-term efficacy of adjunctive cenobamate: Open-label extension of a randomized, placebo-controlled study in a multinational Asian population - OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to assess long-term efficacy, safety, and tolerability of adjunctive cenobamate in an open-label extension (OLE) of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-response study (NCT04557085; YKP3089C035 [Study C035]) in Asian patients with uncontrolled focal seizures.

Development and Validation of an Administrative Algorithm to Identify Veterans With Epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: By efficiently segmenting veterans based on reliable administrative data, this 3-tiered algorithm supports enhanced surveillance, targeted health care provision, and optimal resource utilization. Though it is tailored to the VHA, this algorithmic approach holds promise for broader application in health care systems facing similar epidemiologic and administrative challenges.

Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals cell type-specific remodeling and epilepsy-associated microglia - Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common acquired epilepsy, causing refractory seizures and cognitive deficits. We performed single-nucleus RNA sequencing on hippocampal tissue from mice 3 and 6 weeks following pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus, a robust model of TLE. Epilepsy samples showed reductions in Cck and Lamp5-Lhx6 interneuron subclusters, alongside increases in Cajal-Retzi...

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.