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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Characterizing Epileptic Network Dynamics with Koopman Operator: Toward Surgical Targeting of Seizure Onset Zones - Accurate localization of the seizure onset zone (SOZ) is essential for the surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy, yet it remains challenging because seizures involve rapid and variable spatiotemporal reorganization of brain networks. In this study, we propose a Koopman-inspired dynamic graph (KDG) framework for SOZ localization from intracranial electroen cephalography (iEEG). Unlike co...

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.

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.