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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 ...

Study: Epilepsy patients benefit from structured 'seizure action plans' - A new 16-week study of 204 adult epilepsy patients found that 98% of participants believe that all patients with epilepsy should have a seizure action plan (SAP), regardless of seizure status. These ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neuron Connect Expands Access to Advanced Brain Health Technology Through Strategic Healthcare Partnerships - Scottsdale, AZ, USA, July 15th, 2026, FinanceWireThe Arizona-based company is helping physicians integrate brain mapping, ...

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 ...

Rewiring Your Brain: Neurofeedback Goes Mainstream - See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Will Strahl walked up to my door with a massive black briefcase in his ...

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 ...

Neurofeedback for ADHD: Significant, Lasting Improvement - Computer-based neurofeedback can produce significant and lasting improvement in attention and focus in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD ...

Integrative single-cell and spatial transcriptomics combined with machine learning to discover complement-associated biomarkers in temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis - Temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (TLE-HS) poses significant challenges in therapeutic management. While studies have demonstrated seizure-induced alterations in peripheral immune molecules, the complement system, a central component of immune function, remains insufficiently characterized at single-cell resolution and spatial distribution in TLE-HS. This study aimed to comprehe...

Risk of epilepsy in people with adult-onset hydrocephalus: insights from the UK Biobank - CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated a markedly increased risk of epilepsy in adult-onset hydrocephalus, independent of vascular and neurodegenerative comorbidities and not attributable to shunt-related complications. These findings underscore the importance of increased diagnostic vigilance, as seizures may be under-recognized in this population, and support further research to clarify mechanisms and ...

Ictal phase-amplitude coupling supports surgical decision-making in MRI-negative epilepsy with non-localizing SEEG: an illustrative case - We report a 14-year-old boy with MRI-negative drug-resistant frontal lobe epilepsy presenting with the chapeau de gendarme sign. SEEG showed diffuse low-voltage fast activity with rapid bilateral propagation, precluding reliable visual localization. Ictal phase-amplitude coupling (PAC) analysis revealed a right-dominant increase in modulation index at seizure onset, localizing to the anterior i...

Epilepsy and disability in adults with tuberous sclerosis complex: a 16-year retrospective analysis - BACKGROUND: To identify factors associated with persistent seizures and disability in adults with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)-related epilepsy.

Neuronal expression of retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) and revisiting its role in the central nervous system - Retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγ) is a lineage-defining transcription factor for T helper 17 (Th17) cells and has long been considered selectively expressed within the immune system. However, accumulating evidence has implicated Th17 cells and other RORγ-expressing immune populations in embryonic brain development and central nervous system (CNS) function. Notably, RORγ-Cre-mediated...

A call for reflection on unintended consequences: Should 'functional/dissociative seizures' replace 'psychogenic nonepileptic seizures'? - No abstract

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.