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Suicidality May Predict Treatment Resistance in Newly Diagnosed Focal Epilepsy - Future treatment resistance to focal epilepsy therapy was significantly more likely in individuals who reported suicidal ideation at the time of diagnosis, a new study shows.

Pediatrics in Brevard: Here's what to know about epilepsy, what to do if someone has seizure - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth ...

In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures - Epileptic seizures alter sleep by prolonging the stage that's central to memory formation, potentially predisposing the brain to "remember" how to trigger subsequent seizures more easily, a small ...

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 ...

11 Sleep and Epilepsy Frequently Asked Questions - Quality sleep is critical for people living with epilepsy to avoid triggering seizures. Poor sleep can affect seizures, memory, and more.

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 ...

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, ...

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his hand, the kind you could use to tote a dirty bomb. Once inside my living room, he cracked open the case and removed a laptop, a ...

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 ...

Can Monitoring Brain Waves Boost Mental Health? - Neurofeedback has promised a mental health revolution for decades. But is it effective? Credit...Tony Luong for The New York Times Supported by By David Dodge Twice a week, Stephanie, a 37-year-old ...

Neurofeedback Gains Popularity and Lab Attention - You sit in a chair, facing a computer screen, while a clinician sticks electrodes to your scalp with a viscous goop that takes days to wash out of your hair. Wires from the sensors connect to a ...

Neurofeedback for ADHD: Significant, Lasting Improvement - Computer-based neurofeedback can produce significant and lasting improvement in attention and focus in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD ...

Structural Eigenmodes of the Brain to Improve the Source Localization of EEG: Application to Epileptiform Activity - A fundamental view of neuroscience is that, in addition to neuronal activity, the structure of the brain constrains and explains brain function. An alluring formalism in computational neuroscience has been the generation of structural eigenmodes of neural activity from a matrix representing the anatomy of the brain. Traditionally, brain connectomics has been the gold standard for the coupling b...

When Appearances Deceive: A Case Report of Neurocysticercosis Masquerading As Tuberculoma - Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a predominant cause of acquired epilepsy globally and often resembles cerebral tuberculoma in neuroimaging, particularly in regions where tuberculosis is prevalent. Diagnostic challenges are exacerbated in resource-limited settings due to financial limitations, restricted access to advanced diagnostic tools, and insufficient longitudinal medical records. We report a ...

Diagnostic Challenges of Neurocysticercosis in a Non-endemic Country: A Case Report - Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system worldwide and a leading cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic regions. In contrast, it is considered rare in developed countries such as Japan, where it is classified as a non-endemic region. Owing to increasing global migration, NCC is being encountered more frequently in non-endemic settings, where a...

Lifestyle Factors Impacting Epilepsy and Seizures: A Narrative Review - Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, affecting millions of people worldwide. While pharmacological treatments remain the cornerstone of epilepsy management, lifestyle factors play a significant role in modulating seizure frequency and quality of life for individuals with epilepsy. This expert review synthesizes key findings from seminal studies to explore the...

Clinical characteristics and long-term treatment outcomes of patients with new-onset epileptic seizures associated with COVID-19 infection - CONCLUSION: New-onset epileptic seizures associated with COVID-19 generally have a favorable prognosis. A lower proportion of patients developed drug-resistant epilepsy.

Glymphatic dysfunction as a predictor of response to lacosamide add-on therapy in drug-resistant focal epilepsy - CONCLUSION: DTI-ALPS index was significantly lower in non-responders to LCM add-on therapy among patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy, suggesting that glymphatic dysfunction may contribute to reduced ASM responsiveness and serve as a potential noninvasive biomarker to aid in treatment prediction.

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.