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Seizure or epilepsy? Understanding the critical difference could save lives -
A seizure is a sudden electrical disturbance in the brain that may occur due to triggers like fever or injury and can be a one-time event. Epilepsy is a chronic condition involving recurrent, ...
What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Why Early Detection of Seizures and Epilepsy Is so Important - For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make the ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Why Early Detection of Seizures and Epilepsy Is so Important - For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make the ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Neurofeedback News
Neurofeedback game helps patients with MS manage fatigue -
A compassionate neurofeedback game that can identify fatigue aims to help patients with MS, according to a poster presented at Cedars-Sinai’s eighth annual iteration of its Virtual Medicine Conference ...
Evidence-based retraining of the brain available on the Kenai Peninsula - Neurofeedback therapy for children and adults offers an effective, alternative to traditional treatment For many people struggling with ADHD, poor focus, insomnia or emotional dysregulation, the path ...
Neurofeedback gets you back in the zone - Researchers have shown -- for the first time -- that they can use online neurofeedback to modify an individual's arousal state to improve performance in a demanding sensory motor task, such as flying ...
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 ...
Sens.ai Introduces First Functional EEG-Based Brain Age Clock Validated at MRI-Grade Accuracy - Pivotal study co-authored by researchers at the Buck Institute and Sens.ai, shows participants improved their brain age by an average of 5.18 years in 56 days. When we ran the data, BrainYears: turned ...
Evidence-based retraining of the brain available on the Kenai Peninsula - Neurofeedback therapy for children and adults offers an effective, alternative to traditional treatment For many people struggling with ADHD, poor focus, insomnia or emotional dysregulation, the path ...
Neurofeedback gets you back in the zone - Researchers have shown -- for the first time -- that they can use online neurofeedback to modify an individual's arousal state to improve performance in a demanding sensory motor task, such as flying ...
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 ...
Sens.ai Introduces First Functional EEG-Based Brain Age Clock Validated at MRI-Grade Accuracy - Pivotal study co-authored by researchers at the Buck Institute and Sens.ai, shows participants improved their brain age by an average of 5.18 years in 56 days. When we ran the data, BrainYears: turned ...
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PubMed
Association of SCN1A and SCN2A Gene Polymorphisms with Antiseizure Medication Responsiveness: A Case-Control Study from Eastern India -
CONCLUSIONS: On genetic analysis, the AG genotype of SCN2A rs17183814 was numerically higher among responders than DRE, but the difference was not significant. None of the SCN1A SNPs studied (rs2298771, rs6730344, rs10167228, rs6732655) showed significant associations with treatment response, consistent with previous Indian reports.
EEG findings in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Pursuing a moving target - Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) is a life-long, drug-resistant developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) that develops in young children between 18 and 24 months of age and up to 18 years of age. The overall incidence is estimated at 0.1 to 0.28 per 100,000 people per year and a lifetime prevalence at age 10 of about 0.26 per 1,000 children. LGS accounts for 1-2 % of all epilepsy cases and 2-5...
Visually Enhanced Mental Simulation (VEMS) in teacher candidates' emergency response to epileptic seizures and attitudes toward epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: VEMS-based training improved teacher candidates' practical seizure-response skills and attitudes toward epilepsy. Integrating experiential, simulation-based approaches into teacher education may enhance knowledge and foster greater confidence, competence, and preparedness for epilepsy-related emergencies in school settings.
Alexithymia in Adults with Epilepsy: Associations with Affective Symptoms but Not Epilepsy-Related Clinical Variables - OBJECTIVE: Alexithymia, characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing emotions, has been increasingly recognized in neurological disorders. This study aimed to evaluate alexithymia in adult patients with epilepsy (PWE) compared with HCs and to examine its association with affective symptoms and epilepsy-related clinical variables.
Hippocampal volume loss in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Magnitude and laterality in a meta-analysis of MRI volumetry studies - CONCLUSIONS: Adult mTLE shows marked ipsilateral hippocampal atrophy with a smaller, consistent contralateral reduction, consistent with partial bilateral structural involvement. Pooled estimates provide clinically interpretable reference values for quantitative MRI in presurgical evaluation, though substantial heterogeneity warrants caution.
Impact of Chronotype-Based scheduling on sleep EEG in first seizure Patients: A pilot study - CONCLUSIONS: Chronotype-based scheduling of S-EEG alone did not significantly improve sleep duration or IED detection under routine clinical conditions. Sleep duration during recordings was short overall, which may have limited the ability to detect circadian effects. These findings suggest that optimization of S-EEG diagnostics may require integrated strategies beyond scheduling alone, includi...
EEG findings in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Pursuing a moving target - Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) is a life-long, drug-resistant developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) that develops in young children between 18 and 24 months of age and up to 18 years of age. The overall incidence is estimated at 0.1 to 0.28 per 100,000 people per year and a lifetime prevalence at age 10 of about 0.26 per 1,000 children. LGS accounts for 1-2 % of all epilepsy cases and 2-5...
Visually Enhanced Mental Simulation (VEMS) in teacher candidates' emergency response to epileptic seizures and attitudes toward epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: VEMS-based training improved teacher candidates' practical seizure-response skills and attitudes toward epilepsy. Integrating experiential, simulation-based approaches into teacher education may enhance knowledge and foster greater confidence, competence, and preparedness for epilepsy-related emergencies in school settings.
Alexithymia in Adults with Epilepsy: Associations with Affective Symptoms but Not Epilepsy-Related Clinical Variables - OBJECTIVE: Alexithymia, characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing emotions, has been increasingly recognized in neurological disorders. This study aimed to evaluate alexithymia in adult patients with epilepsy (PWE) compared with HCs and to examine its association with affective symptoms and epilepsy-related clinical variables.
Hippocampal volume loss in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Magnitude and laterality in a meta-analysis of MRI volumetry studies - CONCLUSIONS: Adult mTLE shows marked ipsilateral hippocampal atrophy with a smaller, consistent contralateral reduction, consistent with partial bilateral structural involvement. Pooled estimates provide clinically interpretable reference values for quantitative MRI in presurgical evaluation, though substantial heterogeneity warrants caution.
Impact of Chronotype-Based scheduling on sleep EEG in first seizure Patients: A pilot study - CONCLUSIONS: Chronotype-based scheduling of S-EEG alone did not significantly improve sleep duration or IED detection under routine clinical conditions. Sleep duration during recordings was short overall, which may have limited the ability to detect circadian effects. These findings suggest that optimization of S-EEG diagnostics may require integrated strategies beyond scheduling alone, includi...
Science Daily
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.
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.