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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I Tried Direct Neurofeedback and the Results Surprised Me - Transhumanism—the movement of using science and technology to improve the human being—covers many different fields of research. There are exoskeleton suits to help the disabled; there are stem cell ...

Elite athletes enhance their performance with 'neurofeedback'—and you can get a device for $99 - When you think of the training tools that professional athletes have at their disposal, high-tech sports equipment and state-of-the-art athletic facilities come to mind. But training for peak ...

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 ...

Effect of the ketogenic diet on absence seizures in rats with genetic absence epilepsy - CONCLUSION: This study is an original investigation into the efficacy of the ketogenic diet on absence epilepsy in 30-day-old rats, with consideration of the sex factor. The findings of our study contribute to a deeper understanding of the therapeutic potential of the ketogenic diet in the treatment of absence epilepsy.

Long-term efficacy of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation in focal motor seizures and implications for candidate selection - Focal motor seizures (FMS) are often unresectable because of motor risk. We aimed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness and safety of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) in patients with FMS and to identify suitable candidate patients. We analyzed long-term outcomes in 22 patients with FMS treated with STN-DBS, classifying patients as responders (≥50% seizure reduction) or no...

RLIM variant associated with X-linked epilepsy with neurodevelopmental disorders and the molecular sub-regional effects - CONCLUSIONS: RLIM variants are associated with X-linked epilepsy with NDDs. Molecular subregional effects, genotype-phenotype association, and expression-phenotype correlations provide critical insights into the clinical diagnosis, management and mechanistic investigation of RLIM-related disorders.

Association between disconnected networks and surgical outcome in drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy - CONCLUSION: The SFC of disconnected networks showed widespread reductions in TLE. Exploratory analyses suggested that second-tier SFC may be related to postoperative seizure outcome, highlighting the potential relevance of resection-anchored network organization in TLE surgery.

Heterozygous gain-of-function and mixed-type Kcna2 variants recapitulate SUDEP and increased cortical Npy-Npy1r signaling - CONCLUSION: GoF and mixed-type KCNA2 pathogenic variants converged on a seizure-induced premature death phenotype that recapitulated SUDEP and a shared cortical Npy-Npy1r signaling pathway. Enhanced Npy-Npy1r signaling may represent a potential therapeutic target for KCNA2-related epilepsies.

Vision-Based Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Epilepsy Monitoring: Scoping Review and Taxonomy Development Study - CONCLUSIONS: Vision-based AI technologies for epilepsy monitoring are still dominated by proof-of-concept and pilot evaluations, indicating a gap between technical feasibility and deployment-ready systems. This scoping review presents an implementation-oriented taxonomy integrating application context, system architecture, visual analysis, AI models, performance reporting, and feedback design i...

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.