Epilepsy News

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 ...

Brain-training game may ease chronic pain without drugs - Chronic pain has long forced patients into a trade-off between constant discomfort and the side effects of powerful drugs. A new brain-training video game suggests that, for at least some people, ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is neurofeedback? Video game-like therapy being used to treat anxiety, ADHD and more - It’s like a gym for your brain. As issues like anxiety, depression and restless sleep have spiked during the pandemic, some people are turning to neurofeedback, a kind of gym for the brain. It’s a ...

Chronic effects of traumatic brain injury and the impact of biperiden treatment in a male rat model - Traumatic brain injury (TBI) disrupts brain function and may lead to post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), a long-term complication. Anticholinergic drugs, such as biperiden, have shown potential in modulating neural plasticity. This study evaluated whether biperiden treatment influences motor and cognitive recovery, seizure susceptibility, and neurovascular and inflammatory responses in rats subjecte...

Age and sex dependent hippocampal neuronal hyperactivity in Alzheimer model mice - Both seizures and epileptiform discharges have been reported in various amyloid plaque- forming mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD). These mice also show premature mortality possibly related to epileptic seizures. Yet, the relationship between epileptic manifestations and amyloid pathology remains elusive. We utilized deltaFosB as a marker for sustained neuronal hyperactivity to localize t...

Nursing Implementation of Pupillometry in a Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit - INTRODUCTION: In pediatric epilepsy monitoring units (EMU), nurses are essential in assessing seizure activity and neurological status. One critical element of neurological evaluation is the pupillary light reflex (PLR), traditionally assessed manually with low interrater reliability. Quantitative pupillometry offers a more accurate and reliable method for evaluating PLR, yet its use in EMUs ha...

Biomechanical Characterization of Epileptic Brain for Surgical Planning of Intractable Epilepsy - Neurological disorders, including epilepsy, often manifest with altered brain stiffness, particularly in affected regions. The complex relationship between the biomechanical and microstructural characteristics of epileptic brain (EB) is poorly understood and warrants comprehensive research. This study investigates the in vitro viscoelastic properties of surgically excised EB tissues (S = 20) an...

Linking New Onset Epilepsy Risk-of-Relapse to EEG Connectivity and Microstates - CONCLUSIONS: EEG connectivity and microstates in the first EEG within 24 hours after the initial seizure hold valuable information related to the drug responsiveness in patients with new-onset epilepsy.

Modern aspects of invasive epilepsy monitoring: utility for seizure localization and therapeutic decision making - BACKGROUND: Children with drug resistant epilepsy often require invasive monitoring to guide surgical interventions.

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.