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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 ...

NEURELIS PRESENTS STUDIES ON SEIZURE CLUSTERS AT THE AMERICAN EPILEPSY SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING - SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurelis, Inc., today announced details of its presentations at the American Epilepsy Society (AES) Annual Meeting to be held December 6-10 in Los Angeles. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Testing a brain training device for better focus sleep and relaxation - A detailed review of a neurofeedback headband exploring how brain training technology works and the creator’s experience using it for focus relaxation sleep and mental performance. #Neurofeedback #Men ...

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 ...

Machine Learning Using Electroencephalography Predicts Acute Cerebral Injury in the Pediatric ICU - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to apply and compare machine learning techniques using clinical and electroencephalography (EEG) background features to predict acute cerebral injury in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).

Maternal health literacy and antiepileptic medication adherence in children with epilepsy: A correlational study - CONCLUSIONS: Better health literacy of mothers is associated with better medication adherence in children with epilepsy.

Roadmap for functional neurological disorders: Shared circuitry and future directions - Functional Neurological Disorders, or FND, have become accepted in the vernacular of medicine. Although in the past, they were considered less valid than other conditions, now they are present among the differential diagnoses of most illnesses in neurology and psychiatry. Diagnostic approaches have markedly changed as phenotypic profiles become more consistent. Treatment strategies include phar...

Deep brain stimulation outcomes in pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis - OBJECTIVE: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an emerging treatment option for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), but evidence regarding its long-term efficacy and safety remains limited. We aimed to assess the long-term efficacy and safety of DBS in children with DRE at a minimum follow-up of 12 months.

Antiseizure medication use during hospitalization and at discharge in critically Ill children undergoing continuous EEG monitoring - CONCLUSION: ASM use in critically ill children was common and associated with clinical and electrographic seizures/SE but frequently extended beyond documented seizures. Levetiracetam predominated as the first-administered ASM, and many treated patients received multiple ASMs. ASM prescribing at discharge remained common and was associated with seizures and structural etiology. These findings d...

Glycerol Phenylbutyrate Treatment in a Pediatric Cohort of SLC6A1-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder - CONCLUSIONS: Glycerol phenylbutyrate treatment is relatively well tolerated, and although it is effective in reducing the frequency of seizures and improving video-electroencephalogram abnormalities, it is less effective in ameliorating cognitive and psychiatric manifestations.

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.