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EMDR and Neurofeedback Helped Me Become a Better Founder -
After that session, my confidence hit a low; I wondered if my company would be better off without me. My team didn’t realize that besides managing the major growth of the company, over the last eight ...
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 ...
In HelloNation, Nervous System Health Expert Dr. Mikala Reznik, PT, DPT, ICP, CRNC Explains Microcurrent Neurofeedback for Focus - Can microcurrent neurofeedback help adults improve focus? A HelloNation article explains how this non-invasive therapy works and what people considering it should expect.
Study clarifies the benefits of neurofeedback for children with ADHD - The findings are based on the International ADHD Neurofeedback (ICAN) study, which began recruiting in 2014 at two sites. A sample of 142 children aged between 7 - 10 years of age, with ADHD and high ...
Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his ...
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 ...
In HelloNation, Nervous System Health Expert Dr. Mikala Reznik, PT, DPT, ICP, CRNC Explains Microcurrent Neurofeedback for Focus - Can microcurrent neurofeedback help adults improve focus? A HelloNation article explains how this non-invasive therapy works and what people considering it should expect.
Study clarifies the benefits of neurofeedback for children with ADHD - The findings are based on the International ADHD Neurofeedback (ICAN) study, which began recruiting in 2014 at two sites. A sample of 142 children aged between 7 - 10 years of age, with ADHD and high ...
Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his ...
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Diagnostic utility of bilateral stereoelectroencephalography sampling in temporal lobe epilepsy -
CONCLUSIONS: Bilateral SEEG provides clinically meaningful information in both unilateral and bilateral TLE, uncovering contralateral involvement in presumed unilateral cases and confirming unilateral foci in nearly half of presumed bilateral cases. Although SEEG is not necessary for all patients with TLE-HS and concordant studies, when it is indicated, bilateral sampling might be important to ...
Thalamic neuromodulation for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: a case series evaluating deep brain stimulation and responsive neurostimulation - CONCLUSIONS: Thalamic neuromodulation using DBS and RNS was safe and well tolerated in pediatric patients with DRE, including multifocal and generalized seizure onsets. Meaningful seizure reduction was observed across a range of epilepsy phenotypes, with a trend toward greater benefit in the DBS group. These findings support thalamic neuromodulation as a promising treatment option in children w...
Endogenous Testosterone Predicts Cognitive Function in Women with Epilepsy of Child-Bearing Age - Hormonal disruptions due to seizures and antiseizure medications (ASMs) might be responsible for the cognitive dysfunction in people with epilepsy. This study investigated the association between reproductive hormones and Cognitive Impairment (CI) in women with epilepsy (WWE). A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 WWE aged 18-45 years. Epilepsy diagnosis was clinical and supported by ele...
Parvalbumin interneuron activation rescues both seizures and impaired social novelty in digenic absence epilepsy mice - Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a common genetic epilepsy with a frequently complex polygenic etiology, for which a genetically tractable animal model is lacking. Current anti-seizure medications fail to address the significant neurocognitive and social comorbidities of CAE, highlighting a critical unmet need for comprehensive therapies and a better understanding of the underlying mechanism...
Deep learning architectures for EEG-based classification of Dravet syndrome: A comparative study of pre-trained and non-pretrained hybrid CNN-LSTM models - CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that a pre-trained CNN-LSTM framework can support automated EEG-based classification of DS-related patterns as a proof-of-concept methodological approach, even in the context of limited subject availability. EEG-specific pretraining improves classification consistency and feature separability compared with training from scratch, highlighting the value of repr...
Shared struggles: Parallels in caregiver burden between canine and paediatric epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Caring for a dog with epilepsy is associated with substantial caregiver burden, with notable parallels with caring for a child with epilepsy. The CIA shows promise as a tool for capturing disease-specific caregiver burden in pet owners.
Thalamic neuromodulation for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: a case series evaluating deep brain stimulation and responsive neurostimulation - CONCLUSIONS: Thalamic neuromodulation using DBS and RNS was safe and well tolerated in pediatric patients with DRE, including multifocal and generalized seizure onsets. Meaningful seizure reduction was observed across a range of epilepsy phenotypes, with a trend toward greater benefit in the DBS group. These findings support thalamic neuromodulation as a promising treatment option in children w...
Endogenous Testosterone Predicts Cognitive Function in Women with Epilepsy of Child-Bearing Age - Hormonal disruptions due to seizures and antiseizure medications (ASMs) might be responsible for the cognitive dysfunction in people with epilepsy. This study investigated the association between reproductive hormones and Cognitive Impairment (CI) in women with epilepsy (WWE). A cross-sectional study was conducted on 150 WWE aged 18-45 years. Epilepsy diagnosis was clinical and supported by ele...
Parvalbumin interneuron activation rescues both seizures and impaired social novelty in digenic absence epilepsy mice - Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a common genetic epilepsy with a frequently complex polygenic etiology, for which a genetically tractable animal model is lacking. Current anti-seizure medications fail to address the significant neurocognitive and social comorbidities of CAE, highlighting a critical unmet need for comprehensive therapies and a better understanding of the underlying mechanism...
Deep learning architectures for EEG-based classification of Dravet syndrome: A comparative study of pre-trained and non-pretrained hybrid CNN-LSTM models - CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that a pre-trained CNN-LSTM framework can support automated EEG-based classification of DS-related patterns as a proof-of-concept methodological approach, even in the context of limited subject availability. EEG-specific pretraining improves classification consistency and feature separability compared with training from scratch, highlighting the value of repr...
Shared struggles: Parallels in caregiver burden between canine and paediatric epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Caring for a dog with epilepsy is associated with substantial caregiver burden, with notable parallels with caring for a child with epilepsy. The CIA shows promise as a tool for capturing disease-specific caregiver burden in pet owners.
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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.