Epilepsy News

Pediatrics in Brevard: Here's what to know about epilepsy, what to do if someone has seizure - More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth-most common neurologic condition in the world. November is National ...

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy symptoms improved with antiseizure medication - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monthly seizure frequency percentage reduction was 68.73% for the entire study cohort. For those followed up in ...

Understanding epilepsy: Seven ways to respond to an epileptic seizure - At the forefront of epilepsy research and treatment is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, a collaborative initiative between the UAB Department of Neurology and UAB Hospital, ...

After Epilepsy Surgery, When to Stop ASMs Matters - A multicenter cohort study explores how the timing of ASM withdrawal after epilepsy surgery may influence seizure relapse and long-term outcomes.

First seizure clinic provides visit, pediatric epilepsy diagnosis in less than a week - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model expedites access to specialists after a first seizure. The mean time between the referral and the ...

Why Early Detection of Seizures and Epilepsy Is so Important - For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make the ...

Neurofeedback Therapists in Texas - Our highly specialized and carefully selected team offers biofeedback, neurofeedback, play therapy, parenting support & individual counseling. What makes DIC different than other counseling practices?

How Neurofeedback Can Help Troubled Couples Get Back on the Same Wavelength - Dr. David Helfand (left) with a patient. The cap contains 19 electrodes that measure the brain’s electrical activity. Credit: Courtesy When a 10-year romantic relationship ended last spring for ...

What is neurofeedback? Video game-like therapy being used to treat anxiety, ADHD and more - It’s like a gym for your brain. As issues like anxiety, depression and restless sleep have spiked during the pandemic, some people are turning to neurofeedback, a kind of gym for the brain. It’s a ...

Neurofeedback is the newest mental health hack among entrepreneurs. Here’s why - Running a business can be an exhilarating and rewarding journey, but it can also bring a unique set of stressors. While the beginning stages of a business can be exciting and feel full of ...

Brain training with neurofeedback shows enhanced benefits on cognitive functions - Neurofeedback has been used for decades to reinforce healthy brain functions. With previous research reporting a positive correlation between enhanced brain activities during brain training and ...

Post-stroke seizure and epilepsy after intravenous alteplase: A retrospective cohort with SeLECT score profiling - CONCLUSIONS: In this retrospective cohort, alteplase exposure was not significantly associated with PSE after adjustment for baseline seizure risk. Although the point estimate suggested a possible increase in PSE risk, the small number of outcome events limits definitive conclusions. Larger prospective studies are needed to better clarify the relationship between thrombolysis and PSE.

Intracranial EEG findings and outcomes in MRI-negative epilepsy with temporal lobe semiology and scalp EEG features - We sought to correlate seizure and cognitive outcomes with seizure onset zones (SOZs) determined from intracranial EEG (iEEG) in patients with MRI-negative drug-resistant focal epilepsy with scalp EEG and semiological features of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We identified 66 patient cases with these imaging, EEG, and semiological characteristics evaluated at the Medical College of Wisconsin fr...

Proceedings from ERN EpiCARE "BEYOND SEIZURES" meeting, Aalesund, Norway, May the 27th. Advancing holistic care for rare and complex epilepsies in adults - No abstract

Practice variability in vagus nerve stimulation settings for drug-resistant epilepsy and a pilot quality improvement initiative to optimize stimulation parameters - CONCLUSIONS: Substantial practice variability in VNS parameter settings with suboptimal utilization of therapy existed, which improved following introduction of the pilot intervention. Standardized protocols can ensure timely delivery of therapeutic parameters. These strategies have been underutilized in earlier studies, likely overestimating the time to response from VNS therapy.

Ozone Treatment Attenuates Neuroinflammation and Alters miRNA Expression in a Rat Model of Post-Traumatic Epilepsy - The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intraperitoneal ozone therapy in a post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) model. An in vivo PTE model was established in male Sprague-Dawley rats, which were randomised to control (n = 8), PTE (n = 10), and PTE + Ozone (n = 10) groups. 0.7 mg/kg ozone was administered intraperitoneally for 3 consecutive days. Seizure activity was video recorded for...

Loss of cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 results in susceptibility to audiogenic seizures in mice - CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) is a severe neurodevelopmental encephalopathy characterized by early-onset, treatment-resistant epilepsy. Mice lacking CDKL5 display several clinically relevant phenotypes, but spontaneous seizures are not consistently reported, and it is unknown if CDD model mice are susceptible to sensory stimulus-triggered seizures, a well-documented clinical feature of CDD. H...

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.