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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 ...

The biggest epilepsy myths that can actually put patients in danger - Epilepsy myths can lead to harmful responses during seizures, delayed treatment and stigma. Knowing the facts can help patients and bystanders respond safely and appropriately.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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? - Neurofeedback is a noninvasive form of therapy that trains the brain to improve various neurological issues, including chronic pain, ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Using EEG to monitor real-time ...

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 Does a Neurofeedback Technician Do? - Neurofeedback is about helping a client's brain learn to self-regulate by showing it its own EEG activity on a screen or through headphones. It is like going to the gym for your brain. It is not a ...

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 ...

CACNA1C Genetic Variants Differentially Affect Neuronal Networks Through Divergent Pathways - CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate that Cav1.2 regulates excitatory-inhibitory balance, network organization, and aspects of neurodevelopment. Divergent effects of CACNA1C variants highlight how altered Cav1.2 signaling contributes to variable neurodevelopmental phenotypes, including ASD and epilepsy, and establish a framework for defining CACNA1C variant effects in human neurons.

GABA(A) Receptor Trafficking Disruption in Epilepsy: From Assembly to Synaptic Dysfunction - Epilepsy is a complex neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures resulting from an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission. γ-Aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABA(A)Rs), the principal mediators of fast inhibitory synaptic transmission, are essential for maintaining neuronal stability. Their function depends on tightly regulated trafficking processes, inc...

Effect of Doctor Car dispatch on neurological outcomes in children with status epilepticus: A single-Center retrospective cohort study - CONCLUSIONS: Doctor Car dispatch was associated with earlier prehospital ASMs administration, shorter seizure duration, and increased likelihood of seizure cessation within the ILAE t(2) threshold in pediatric SE. These findings support the role of physician-staffed ambulances in improving prehospital seizure management and may contribute to reducing neurological injury.

Mortality in two independent First Seizure Clinic cohorts up to 20 years post epilepsy diagnosis - CONCLUSION: Both FSCs demonstrate persistent excess mortality after a new epilepsy diagnosis. Patients who report a history of previous medical conditions, particularly those with problematic alcohol/substance use are potentially important risk groups and warrant further examination. These findings contribute to patient counselling, and inform further investigation.

Investigating the influence of anti-seizure medications on aperiodic EEG activity - CONCLUSIONS: Both lamotrigine and levetiracetam altered aperiodic and periodic EEG activity, with aperiodic effects observed only during eyes-open.

Multifocal continuous theta burst stimulation in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: a cohort study - CONCLUSIONS: Multifocal cTBS appeared to be a safe and effective treatment in our cohort of patients with IGE.

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.