Epilepsy News

What to know about epilepsy and how to recognize a seizure - In today’s Health Headlines, what you need to know about epilepsy — including how to recognize a seizure, how to help someone who’s having one, and how people with seizures can maximize quality 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 ...

EPILEPSY AWARENESS: Local neurologist explains condition & seizure first aid - COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local experts say epilepsy is not a condition to be afraid of. Piedmont Columbus Regional pediatric neurologist Pierre Fequiere treats patients with epilepsy every day and knows ...

New brain training study could help explain the placebo effect - Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do it themselves using the power of brain scans and positive thinking, ...

Expecting Good Things Can Supercharge Your Immune System - In a first-of-its-kind human trial, researchers have demonstrated that consciously activating the brain’s reward system (when you’re anticipating something good happening) can significantly increase ...

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 ...

How Neurofeedback Can Help Troubled Couples Get Back on the Same Wavelength - Dr. David Helfand (left) with a patient. The cap contains 19 electrodes that measure the brain’s electrical activity. Credit: Courtesy When a 10-year romantic relationship ended last spring for ...

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 ...

The Effect of Music Exposure on Epileptic Seizures Induced by Pentylenetetrazole in Rats - CONCLUSION: Under the present experimental conditions, Mozart K.448 did not significantly modulate GABAergic activity as measured by PPI. The observed trends toward shorter seizure latency and higher seizure severity in the music group may reflect a possible context-dependent increase in excitability, although these findings remain preliminary due to the small sample size. Given the complex nat...

Distant metastasis of intracranial solitary fibrous tumor preceding resection: illustrative case - BACKGROUND: Postsurgical distant metastasis of intracranial solitary fibrous tumors (ISFTs) is not uncommon and often leads to poor prognosis. However, presurgical distant metastasis has not been previously reported.

Population-Based Study Found Low Risk of Misdiagnosing Long QT Syndrome as Breath-Holding Spells in Swedish Children - CONCLUSIONS: The number of symptomatic long QT syndrome cases overlapping with the presentation of breath-holding spells is likely small. The findings of this study suggest that children < 3 months old with suspected breath-holding spells should undergo an electrocardiogram.

Lesionectomy as management for super-refractory status epilepticus due to focal cortical dysplasia: illustrative case - BACKGROUND: Super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) is characterized by seizure activity that continues 24 hours or more despite the initiation of anesthetic therapy; it is a condition where epileptic activity may persist uninterrupted despite adequate anesthetic management, recur during ongoing anesthetics, or relapse after anesthesia withdrawal, requiring its readministration. In selected ...

Seizure outcomes after VNS therapy in children with drug-resistant epilepsy due to monogenic etiologies versus malformations of cortical development - CONCLUSIONS: VNS therapy was noted to have a similar responder rate in children with DRE due to MEs or MCDs. Both groups experienced meaningful benefits, with a small proportion of patients experiencing mild side effects.

Hemispherectomy in infants: an institutional experience with 21 patients - CONCLUSIONS: An institutional experience demonstrated that functional hemispherectomy is a safe and well-tolerated procedure in infants and offers excellent seizure control outcomes in hemispheric-onset epilepsies. The surgical technique, a focus on minimizing operative blood loss, and multidisciplinary care of these patients are critical elements in ensuring the safety and success of this proc...

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.