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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 ...

Living in a rural area may worsen epilepsy outcomes - A study reveals rural Americans with epilepsy face higher mortality and diagnostic gaps, emphasizing the need for improved healthcare access and resources.

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 ...

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy symptoms improved with antiseizure medication - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monthly seizure frequency percentage reduction was 68.73% for the entire study cohort. For those followed up in ...

EPILEPSY AWARENESS: Local neurologist explains condition & seizure first aid - COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local experts say epilepsy is not a condition to be afraid of. Piedmont Columbus Regional pediatric neurologist Pierre Fequiere treats patients with epilepsy every day and knows ...

Too Much, Too Little Coffee May Boost Seizure Risk in Epilepsy - Too much and too little coffee is tied to an increased risk of a specific seizure type in patients with epilepsy, new research shows. Investigators found that high and low coffee consumption in ...

Bellevue Therapist Beverly Brashen, Ph.D. Offers Specialized Insomnia Treatment and Neurofeedback Therapy for Trauma and Chronic Sleep Disorders Across Greater Seattle - The integrative therapist at beverlybrashen.com combines neurofeedback, CBT-I, somatic therapy, trauma-informed care, ...

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? - 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 ...

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 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 ...

Virtual Screening and Zebrafish Phenotype-Based Evaluation Argues Against Repurposing 4-Phenylbutyrate for STXBP1-Related Disorders - Syntaxin-binding protein 1 (STXBP1) mutations lead to severe epilepsy, intellectual disability, developmental delay, and movement disorder. Effective treatments for these conditions do not exist. Recent studies in Munc18-1 (STXBP1) C. elegans models demonstrate that 4-phenylbutyrate (4-PBA) or related pharmacological chaperones stabilize Munc18-1 protein levels and rescue locomotion deficits. T...

Epilepsy-induced heart damage and sudep risk: ion channelopathies, calcium homeostasis, and the therapeutic potential of resveratrol - Epilepsy is a worldwide health issue associated with cardiac-related conditions and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). The pathophysiology of SUDEP involves structural fibrosis of the myocardium, a calcium imbalance, and dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. The objective of this investigation was to examine cardiac damage resulting from epilepsy triggered by the Pentylenetetra...

Obstructive sleep apnea and epilepsy comorbidity: possible complications and treatment options - Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders, affecting approximately 50 million individuals globally. Sleep plays a crucial role in the progression of epilepsy, particularly concerning serious complications such as Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). The sleep patterns of individuals with epilepsy can be significantly disrupted by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which a...

Aberrant Potassium Handling by Astrocytes and Epileptic Seizures: A Synthetic Update - Excessive extracellular accumulation of K^(+) plays a key role in the induction and propagation of seizures associated with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and astrocytes are largely responsible for K^(+) clearance from the extracellular space. Here, we review the TLE-related changes in the content and/or activity of proteins contributing to K^(+) transport across the astrocytic cell membranes. S...

Traumatic Brain Injury and Delusional Disorder: A Narrative Synthesis with Psychopharmacologic Implications - CONCLUSIONS: Post-TBI delusional syndromes highlight the role of structural brain injury in the development of psychosis. Careful diagnostic evaluation and individualized, low-dose psychopharmacologic strategies are essential. Further research is needed to guide evidence-based treatment in this population.

Celiac disease presenting As recurrent encephalopathy and seizures - CONCLUSION: The child remained seizure-free over two years with significant clinical improvement, highlighting gluten-sensitive epilepsy as an important, treatable extraintestinal manifestation of pediatric celiac disease.

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.