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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 ...

The biggest epilepsy myths that can actually put patients in danger - Epilepsy myths can lead to harmful responses during seizures, delayed treatment and stigma. Knowing the facts can help patients and bystanders respond safely and appropriately.

New tools map seizures in the brain, improve epilepsy treatment - Two new models could solve a problem that's long frustrated millions of people with epilepsy and the doctors who treat them: how to find precisely where seizures originate to treat exactly that part ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study suggests that the memory-forming stage of sleep could be key for understanding epileptic seizures. . | Credit: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Novel neurofeedback technique enhances awareness of mind-wandering - Everyone knows the feeling. You are trying to concentrate on driving or studying, or paying attention in a boring meeting, but suddenly, you realize that you are thinking about something irrelevant to ...

VENI, VIDI, VICI: The advantage of early epilepsy surgery in drug-sensitive patients - OBJECTIVE: Surgical intervention is frequently considered for drug-resistant focal structural epilepsy. However, the impact of early surgery on seizure control, cognitive performance, and quality of life (QoL) across drug-sensitive and drug-resistant patients remains incompletely characterized.

Bi-allelic GAD2 variants cause a rare developmental encephalopathy with early-onset seizures - CONCLUSION: Our findings firmly establish GAD2 as a disease gene implicated in developmental encephalopathy with early-onset seizures. The concordance between the human phenotype and the characteristics of the knockout mouse model emphasizes the pivotal role of GAD2 in neurodevelopment and epilepsy.

Discovery of Novel Bicyclic Pyrazole Amides as Potent Neuronal KV7 Potassium Channel Openers with Strong Preclinical Antiseizure Activity - There has been considerable interest in developing openers of neuronal K(V)7 potassium channels, particularly K(V)7.2 (KCNQ2) and K(V)7.3 (KCNQ3), as both genetic and clinical evidence strongly support their therapeutic potential in seizure disorders. Herein, we describe the discovery of a series of neuronal K(V)7 potassium channel openers, optimized primarily via conformational rigidification ...

Association of a Dietary Index for Gut Microbiota With Epilepsy Among US Adults Aged 40 and Over: A Cross-Sectional Study - CONCLUSIONS: Higher DI-GM adherence was associated with lower odds of prevalent epilepsy, particularly in metabolically healthier subgroups. Prospective and intervention studies are needed to test temporality and clinical relevance.

Severe bradycardia in a child with an implanted vagus nerve stimulator undergoing laparoscopy -A case report - CONCLUSIONS: Perioperative management of vagus nerve stimulators must be individualized. Maintaining device activation may be reasonable in children with recent seizure activity, whereas temporary deactivation may be considered during procedures associated with a high risk of vagal reflex. However, in cases requiring immediate deactivation, pharmacological intervention may be necessary given th...

MF-TopoNet: A Multi-Frequency Topological Neural Network for Epileptic Seizure Prediction - Electroencephalogram (EEG)-based seizure prediction has recently emerged as a critical technique for clinical diagnosis and intervention. However, conventional multi-channel EEG analysis methods often overlook the brain's intrinsic spatial topology and typically employ fixed channel ordering, which constrain their ability to capture cross-regional interactions effectively. To address these limi...

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.