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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

How virtual reality is changing brain-training technology - Integrating virtual reality into brain-training therapies can make the experience more enjoyable and engaging for users. A recent review published in the journal Applied Psychophysiology and ...

Camelback Recovery Launches Neurofeedback Therapy at Its Phoenix Treatment Center - Camelback Recovery has launched neurofeedback therapy at its Phoenix treatment center, expanding the care options available within its mental health and addiction programs. Phoenix, Arizona--(Newsfile ...

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 ...

Muse Treatment Publishes New Neurofeedback Resource Following 2026 Addiction Research and Changing Overdose Trends - LOS ANGELES, CA - September 14, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Muse Treatment has published a new educational resource ...

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 ...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation Exerts Disease-Modifying Effects in Epileptic Rats by Enhancing Hippocampal Adenosine Signalling - CONCLUSIONS: VNS exerts disease-modifying effects in epileptic rats by enhancing hippocampal adenosine signalling. These effects are associated with VNS-evoked adenosine release, inhibition of ADK overexpression, and restoration of A1R-mediated anticonvulsant signalling.

Neuroradiologic Findings in Patients With SCN2A Disease: A Systematic Review and Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: SCN2A disease spans a broad clinical spectrum from self-limited (familial) neonatal-infantile epilepsy to severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. Systematic characterization of the spectrum of neuroradiologic abnormalities in SCN2A disease has not been performed. This study aimed to delineate MRI findings across SCN2A phenotypes, their frequency and evolu...

Prediction of Post-Cardiac Arrest Seizures Using Heart Rate Variability - CONCLUSIONS: Heart rate variability changed before post-cardiac arrest seizures, with 18 minutes before onset appearing optimal for prediction.

Clinical and neuropsychological course of young adult patient with anti-GAD-65 autoimmune encephalitis: A case report - Objective: Among autoimmune limbic encephalitis syndromes, glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) antibody-associated syndromes represent a relatively rare and clinically heterogeneous subtype characterized by prominent temporal lobe involvement and diverse neurological manifestations. GAD65 is an intracellular antigen involved in gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) synthesis, and associated autoant...

Enhancing quality of mental health service for veterans with seizures - Psychiatric disorders are commonly identified in people with seizures (PWS). Comorbid mood, anxiety, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders are highly prevalent and not consistently recognized or treated promptly. Veterans with seizures are particularly vulnerable to neuropsychiatric comorbidities, including a higher prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. In...

Emerging role of targeted therapy in drug-resistant epilepsy in patients with glioma - PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Seizures are among the most frequent and disabling manifestations of gliomas, and in some patients remain drug-resistant despite optimal antiseizure medication and standard antitumour treatments. This review examines the clinical evidence that targeted therapies may improve seizure control in patients with glioma.

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.