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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 ...

Brain training with neurofeedback shows enhanced benefits on cognitive functions - Neurofeedback has been used for decades to reinforce healthy brain functions. With previous research reporting a positive correlation between enhanced brain activities during brain training and ...

Neurofeedback Gains Popularity and Lab Attention - You sit in a chair, facing a computer screen, while a clinician sticks electrodes to your scalp with a viscous goop that takes days to wash out of your hair. Wires from the sensors connect to a ...

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, ...

Seizure freedom after vagus nerve stimulation in a patient with SCN3A-related network epilepsy and incomplete penetrance: A case report - Genetic-based epilepsies often present as distributed neural network disorders, challenging traditional focal versus generalized classifications. We report a 20-year-old male with drug-resistant epilepsy associated with a previously unreported SCN3A missense variant (c.5970C > G; p.Ser1990Arg). Despite failure of multiple anti-seizure medications and a non-localizing electroclinical profile, th...

Ten-year cognitive outcomes following epilepsy surgery: Temporal lobectomy versus selective amygdalohippocampectomy - OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess long-term memory outcomes in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) or selective amygdalohippocampectomy (SAH), compared to nonoperated TLE over a 10-year follow-up period.

Loss of microglial ATM drives synaptic pruning and cognitive impairment in epilepsy - Microglia are the resident immune cells of the central nervous system, highly sensitive to oxidative stress and essential for maintaining synaptic homeostasis. While epilepsy induces profound redox imbalance, how oxidative stress reshapes microglial function and disrupts synaptic integrity remains unclear. Here we show that epileptic seizures drive early loss of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (A...

Childhood Absence Epilepsy with Coexisting Centrotemporal Spikes: Frequency, Electroclinical Course and Prognosis - CONCLUSION: Centrotemporal spikes were identified in 9% of patients with CAE. Focal seizures were not seen, suggesting that it reflects an EEG trait. Remission of the generalized epileptiform discharges correlates with ASM treatment and seizure outcome is excellent, despite persistence of centrotemporal spikes.

Altered EEG microstate dynamics reflect depressive symptoms in temporal lobe epilepsy - CONCLUSION: Higher depressive symptom burden in unilateral TLE is associated with increased temporal rigidity of the ictal hemisphere-aligned brain microstate, reflecting impaired disengagement of epileptogenic network configurations. These findings suggest that depressive symptoms in TLE may be associated with epilepsy-related disruptions in large-scale neural dynamics.

Neuropsychiatric adverse events with anti-seizure medications in patients with epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis - CONCLUSION: ASM use in patients with epilepsy is accompanied by a range of NPAEs, with risk varying across distinct types of ASMs. These findings support considering NPAEs in ASM selection and routine monitoring in patients with epilepsy. The observational nature of the included studies, residual confounding, heterogeneity in comparator groups, outcome definitions, and limited data on dose, dur...

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.