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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

Can Neurofeedback Effectively Treat ADHD? - Neurofeedback training is an alternative therapy that uses real-time EEG data to help patients train their brains to improve focus, impulse control, and executive function. Since the 1970s, patients ...

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 ...

Neurofeedback for ADHD: Is It Effective? - Neurofeedback therapy is a form of “brain training” that may help reduce ADHD symptoms. Treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often involves medication and behavior therapy.

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 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 ...

Effectiveness and safety of cannabidiol in adult patients with epilepsy: A multicenter, retrospective study - OBJECTIVE: Cannabidiol (CBD) has demonstrated promising effectiveness and tolerability as adjunctive treatment in patients with severe childhood epilepsies. This study investigated the effectiveness and tolerability of CBD in adults with a history of Dravet syndrome (DS), Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), or tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).

CSNK2B-associated epilepsy: family report and literature review - CONCLUSIONS: This study expanded the mutational and phenotypic spectrum of CSNK2B-related disorders by identifying a novel pathogenic nonsense mutation. Protein-level mutation location appeared to be more informative than mutation type in relation to epilepsy severity. We noticed that the composition of intradomain mutations may play a part in predicting DRE susceptibility. Further large-scale ...

TRPM3 regulates fear memory encoding and seizure susceptibility in the lateral amygdala - CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Together, these findings uncover a central role for TRPM3 in amygdala function and identify this ion channel as a modulator of fear memory and seizure susceptibility.

Hippocampal LTP shifts from NMDAR dependence to mGluR/VGCC-supported mechanisms following juvenile status epilepticus in rats - Hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) can persist in the chronic epileptic state, but the mechanisms supporting this residual plasticity remain poorly understood. In particular, it is unclear whether LTP retains canonical N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) dependence or shifts to alternative induction mechanisms. We addressed this question in male rats during the chronic phase following j...

Transcranial rotating permanent magnet stimulation for focal continuous spike-and-wave during sleep: First-in-human pediatric pilot study - OBJECTIVE: Continuous spike-and-wave during sleep (CSWS) is an epileptic encephalopathy characterized by sleep-potentiated epileptiform activity and neurocognitive deterioration. Available therapies are frequently ineffective or poorly tolerated. We evaluated the safety, tolerability, and acute electrophysiologic effects of transcranial rotating permanent magnet stimulation (TRPMS), a novel wea...

Valproate-Associated Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Despite Nontoxic Serum Levels and Preserved Liver Function: A Case Report - Valproate-associated hyperammonemic encephalopathy (VHE) is a potentially serious adverse effect that may occur despite nontoxic serum valproate concentrations and preserved liver function. We report a 49-year-old man with intellectual disability and long-standing drug-resistant epilepsy treated with valproate, phenytoin, phenobarbital, cenobamate, levetiracetam, and several psychotropic medica...

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.