Epilepsy News

Teacher Who Was Filmed Having a Seizure During Class Shares How She Navigates Epilepsy as an Educator (Exclusive) - Yareli Jessica Gijon experienced her first seizure at age 12 and was later diagnosed with epilepsy after years of uncertainty She has learned to manage her condition while teaching by recognizing ...

Teen with epilepsy dies after seizure leads to cardiac arrest: 'There was no warning' - “We had no idea she could die just like that,” James Hardwick said of his daughter Ellie ...

What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...

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 ...

Northwell study reveals hope for significant seizure reduction in chronic epilepsy - MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the millions of people worldwide living with severe forms of epilepsy, some do not respond to medication and it can be difficult to find lasting relief. Patients ...

Understanding epilepsy: Seven ways to respond to an epileptic seizure - At the forefront of epilepsy research and treatment is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, a collaborative initiative between the UAB Department of Neurology and UAB Hospital, ...

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 ...

Level of consciousness, wakefulness and responsiveness in epileptic seizures - No abstract

The application of the unscented Kalman filter in epilepsy research: a review - Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder characterized by nonlinear dynamic interactions among multiple brain regions. The Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), a high-precision algorithm for nonlinear state and parameter estimation, has recently gained prominence in epilepsy research as it infers latent physiological parameters from electrophysiological signals to reveal the underlying seizure mec...

Long term surgical outcome and its predictors in lesional posterior cortex epilepsy - OBJECTIVE: Posterior cortex epilepsy (PCE) is associated with high drug resistance and variable surgical outcomes. Data on long-term outcomes and predictors, particularly from low- and middle-income countries, are limited. We evaluated long-term seizure outcomes and their predictors following resective surgery for lesional PCE.

Anxiety-like behavior in chemical window kindling-elicited seizures in male Wistar rats - Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by a predisposition to recurrent and spontaneous or facilitated seizures; it affects a significant proportion of the worldwide population, with an estimated prevalence of 5-9 per 1000 inhabitants. Research on the neurobiological basis of the relationship between epilepsy and anxiety has revealed that both conditions show common neural su...

Seizure and developmental outcomes following epilepsy surgery for children with Sturge-Weber syndrome - OBJECTIVE: Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a rare neurocutaneous disorder. Up to 90% of children have epilepsy. Epilepsy surgery is a treatment option. However, the seizure and neurodevelopmental outcomes following this are not well defined. This study aimed to determine the outcomes for children undergoing epilepsy surgery for SWS in relation to seizure control, cognition, language, motor funct...

Patient and practitioner workshops for an intellectual disabilities and epilepsy neuropsychiatric genetic research database register: Ethical dilemmas for study design - BACKGROUND: There is a need for more research studies focussed on People with ID (PwID) and Epilepsy and for the design of these studies to be shaped by this complex and vulnerable population and those who care for and support them.

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.