Epilepsy News

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 ...

Wearable Tech Advances in Epilepsy Seizure Detection - A narrative review published in Acta Epileptologica on March 2, 2026, synthesizes the current state of wearable digital health technologies in epilepsy management.

Seizure Frequency Outweighs Interictal EEG as Cognitive Predictor in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy - A cross-sectional study of adults with drug-resistant epilepsy revealed that monthly seizure frequency, rather than interictal electroencephalographic abnormalities, independently predicts cognitive ...

Seizure action plans: More than management tools for epilepsy - Newswise — 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 ...

Epilepsy comes out of nowhere: Heartland neurologist discusses misconceptions about seizures - Dr. Mark Farrenburg said he wants people to know the difference between having a seizure and an epilepsy diagnosis this Seizure Awareness month.

Epilepsy breakthrough: Experimental gene therapy cuts seizures by over 90% in first human trial - Unlike conventional epilepsy treatments, which generally rely on medicines to suppress seizures across the brain, this approach attempts to regulate the activity of neurons in the precise area ...

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 ...

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 ...

Elite athletes enhance their performance with 'neurofeedback'—and you can get a device for $99 - When you think of the training tools that professional athletes have at their disposal, high-tech sports equipment and state-of-the-art athletic facilities come to mind. But training for peak ...

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 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 ...

Twenty-five-year imaging follow-up of an untreated giant Spetzler-Martin grade V Brain arteriovenous malformation associated with cerebral infarction and epilepsy - Brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) are typically associated with intracranial hemorrhage, whereas ischemic stroke associated with a high-grade BAVM is an exceptionally rare complication. We present the 25-year long-term imaging follow-up of a 39-year-old male with a giant Spetzler-Martin grade V BAVM. Initially diagnosed at age 14 via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonan...

Sustained Seizure Freedom and Associated Factors Among Children and Adolescents Attending a Pediatric Neurology Clinic in Uganda: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study - CONCLUSION: More than three-quarters of reviewed records met the documented 24-month seizure-free endpoint. Estimated associations with onset age and polytherapy were small, with uncertainty close to the null across model specifications. They should be interpreted cautiously because the adjusted subset differed from the full cohort and contained few records not meeting the endpoint.

The lived experiences of caregivers of people with epilepsy in Botswana - CONCLUSION: The study highlights the urgent need for culturally sensitive interventions to address the psychological and economic burden faced by caregivers. Strengthening support system, ensuring reliable access to medication and providing financial aid could significantly improve caregivers' well-being and by extension, the quality of life for individuals living with epilepsy in Botswana.Con...

Intraoperative Very High-Frequency Activity for Localization of the Epileptogenic Zone: An International Multicenter Study - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Interictal spikes on intraoperative electrocorticography have been used to localize the epileptogenic zone but have limited specificity. We hypothesized that identifying spatially distributed, spike-associated very high-frequency activity (vHFA; 500-2,000 Hz) would improve the ability of spikes to localize the epileptogenic zone. We aimed to characterize spike-associa...

GAT1508, a selective neuronal GIRK1/2 activator, exhibits superior antiepileptic efficacy and synergizes with cannabidiol - G protein-gated inwardly rectifying potassium (GIRK; Kir3) channels are key regulators of neuronal excitability and represent promising therapeutic targets for epilepsy. Here, we characterize GAT1508, a urea-based small-molecule activator selectively targeting neuronal GIRK1/2 heterotetramers, and compare its efficacy with previously described urea compounds ML297 and GiGA1. In a pentylenetetra...

Variables associated with epilepsy self-management competency among people with epilepsy from an epilepsy self-management clinical trial - CONCLUSION: Our analysis found that self-efficacy was associated with total self-management competency as well as competency in lifestyle, medication, information, safety, and seizure management. Future research may focus on methods to increase self-efficacy.

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.