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TSPO-PET Imaging Accurately Localizes Seizure Foci in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Preoperative Evaluations -
A review indicates that TSPO-PET imaging identifies seizure foci in drug-resistant epilepsy even when standard magnetic resonance scans appear normal.
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 ...
Doctor shares information on childhood epilepsy in recognition of National Epilepsy Awareness Month - November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month, and as the neurological condition is one of the most common for children, an epileptologist with Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute shared some sig ...
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.
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 ...
Epilepsy Patients' Own Alert Labels Helped an AI Seizure Monitor Cut False Alarms by About 80% in Simulation - A study found summer food insufficiency rose 4 percentage points among low-income households with children, while first-year Summer EBT participation was low and showed no measurable effect. Federal ...
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 ...
Seizure-alert dogs give new freedom to epilepsy sufferers - He is a specially trained seizure dog who may one day be able to save the life of his new owner, Colise Johnson. "Having epilepsy and cerebral palsy is kind of like having a nonstop roller coaster ...
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 ...
Doctor shares information on childhood epilepsy in recognition of National Epilepsy Awareness Month - November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month, and as the neurological condition is one of the most common for children, an epileptologist with Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute shared some sig ...
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.
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 ...
Epilepsy Patients' Own Alert Labels Helped an AI Seizure Monitor Cut False Alarms by About 80% in Simulation - A study found summer food insufficiency rose 4 percentage points among low-income households with children, while first-year Summer EBT participation was low and showed no measurable effect. Federal ...
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 ...
Seizure-alert dogs give new freedom to epilepsy sufferers - He is a specially trained seizure dog who may one day be able to save the life of his new owner, Colise Johnson. "Having epilepsy and cerebral palsy is kind of like having a nonstop roller coaster ...
Neurofeedback News
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 ...
Understanding The Role Of Neurofeedback Technology In Addressing ADHD - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent challenge in today's educational and professional landscapes. Most of us are familiar with ADHD, either ...
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 ...
Understanding The Role Of Neurofeedback Technology In Addressing ADHD - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent challenge in today's educational and professional landscapes. Most of us are familiar with ADHD, either ...
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Early benzodiazepine treatment and electrographic seizures after febrile status epilepticus -
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Seizure and psychiatric outcomes following epilepsy surgery in patients with preoperative interictal psychosis: A systematic review - CONCLUSIONS: Available evidence is insufficient to determine whether preoperative interictal psychosis independently influences seizure or psychiatric outcomes following epilepsy surgery. Small samples, heterogeneous diagnostic definitions, inconsistent psychiatric assessments, and limited comparator data preclude firm conclusions. Future studies should use standardized operational definitions ...
Clinical value of video monitoring in seizure classification and medication decision-making: A questionnaire-based study in outpatients with epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Ictal video recording was associated with clinically meaningful revision of seizure classification and influenced ASM decisions in outpatients with epilepsy, with higher diagnostic yield observed for more professional recording modalities. Video evidence may help correct classification bias arising from reliance on verbal history, particularly in identifying focal onset.
Epilepsy Online Social Support: Characterizing topics and challenges shared in the r/Epilepsy community - Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, and people living with epilepsy (PLWE) often use social media as a resource. However, a comprehensive understanding of the topics represented in epilepsy-specific communities where PLWE may be more honest is essential to designing better technologies to address epilepsy self-management. To understand the main topics and concerns of PLW...
Side-to-side and other complex head movements as ictal signs in epilepsy: A video-EEG case series and review of literature - Side-to-side head shaking is often considered a distinctive clinical sign that differentiates functional seizures from epileptic seizures; however, it may also occur as an ictal phenomenon in focal epilepsy. We retrospectively reviewed all video-telemetry reports of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy undergoing presurgical evaluation between 2015 and 2025. All reports were electronical...
Chemogenetic activation of parvalbumin interneurons in the piriform cortex alleviates hippocampal focal seizures - OBJECTIVE: The anterior piriform cortex (APC) is a limbic area closely associated with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) but is understudied. Our previous study demonstrated that in the APC, parvalbumin-expressing (PV^(+)) interneurons provide strong inhibition and help maintain excitation-inhibition balance. Here, we examined whether and how APC^(PV) neurons can ameliorate seizure symptoms in TLE.
Seizure and psychiatric outcomes following epilepsy surgery in patients with preoperative interictal psychosis: A systematic review - CONCLUSIONS: Available evidence is insufficient to determine whether preoperative interictal psychosis independently influences seizure or psychiatric outcomes following epilepsy surgery. Small samples, heterogeneous diagnostic definitions, inconsistent psychiatric assessments, and limited comparator data preclude firm conclusions. Future studies should use standardized operational definitions ...
Clinical value of video monitoring in seizure classification and medication decision-making: A questionnaire-based study in outpatients with epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Ictal video recording was associated with clinically meaningful revision of seizure classification and influenced ASM decisions in outpatients with epilepsy, with higher diagnostic yield observed for more professional recording modalities. Video evidence may help correct classification bias arising from reliance on verbal history, particularly in identifying focal onset.
Epilepsy Online Social Support: Characterizing topics and challenges shared in the r/Epilepsy community - Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions, and people living with epilepsy (PLWE) often use social media as a resource. However, a comprehensive understanding of the topics represented in epilepsy-specific communities where PLWE may be more honest is essential to designing better technologies to address epilepsy self-management. To understand the main topics and concerns of PLW...
Side-to-side and other complex head movements as ictal signs in epilepsy: A video-EEG case series and review of literature - Side-to-side head shaking is often considered a distinctive clinical sign that differentiates functional seizures from epileptic seizures; however, it may also occur as an ictal phenomenon in focal epilepsy. We retrospectively reviewed all video-telemetry reports of patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy undergoing presurgical evaluation between 2015 and 2025. All reports were electronical...
Chemogenetic activation of parvalbumin interneurons in the piriform cortex alleviates hippocampal focal seizures - OBJECTIVE: The anterior piriform cortex (APC) is a limbic area closely associated with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) but is understudied. Our previous study demonstrated that in the APC, parvalbumin-expressing (PV^(+)) interneurons provide strong inhibition and help maintain excitation-inhibition balance. Here, we examined whether and how APC^(PV) neurons can ameliorate seizure symptoms in TLE.
Science Daily
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.