Epilepsy and Seizure News
Neurofeedback News
Neurofeedback Therapists in Texas -
Our highly specialized and carefully selected team offers biofeedback, neurofeedback, play therapy, parenting support & individual counseling. What makes DIC different than other counseling practices?
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 ...
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 ...
Neurofeedback is the newest mental health hack among entrepreneurs. Here’s why -
Running a business can be an exhilarating and rewarding journey, but it can also bring a unique set of stressors. While the beginning stages of a business can be exciting and feel full of ...
How Can Neurofeedback Therapy Help Language and Processing Development? -
From birth on, parents can count on their children to be individuals who grow and develop at their own pace. But from a developmental perspective, there are timeframes when kids typically achieve ...
Medical News Today
PubMed
Loss of cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 results in susceptibility to audiogenic seizures in mice -
CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD) is a severe neurodevelopmental encephalopathy characterized by early-onset, treatment-resistant epilepsy. Mice lacking CDKL5 display several clinically relevant phenotypes, but spontaneous seizures are not consistently reported, and it is unknown if CDD model mice are susceptible to sensory stimulus-triggered seizures, a well-documented clinical feature of CDD. H...
Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of CACNA1A-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy in adults -
Deleterious variants in the CACNA1A gene, encoding the CaV2.1 P/Q-type voltage-gated calcium channel, cause a broad spectrum of neurological disorders, including familial hemiplegic migraine, episodic ataxia, and developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). Information on genotype-phenotype correlations and on the factors influencing clinical variability is still limited, hindering potenti...
Dihydroartemisinin Alleviates Neuronal Damage and Seizures in Epileptic Mice by Inhibiting Ferroptosis via the SIRT1/FOXO1/SLC7A11/GPX4 Pathway -
CONCLUSION: In summary, our findings indicate that DHA may have antiepileptic and neuroprotective benefits by suppressing ferroptosis through the SIRT1/FOXO1/SLC7A11/GPX4 signaling pathway.
Quantitative Electroencephalographic (qEEG) Characterisation and Biomarker Identification of Generalised Paediatric Seizure Using Spectral Features -
CONCLUSION: The study reveals a complex pattern of characteristic quantitative electroencephalographic (qEEG) alterations in the paediatric seizure population suggestive of significant neurophysiological implications, including alterations in arousal, attention and inhibitory control mechanisms and the features may be of some value in objective seizure assessment using EEG.
Intermittent ketogenic fasting with medium-chain triglycerides improves ataxia in COQ8A-related coenzyme Q10 deficiency: A case report -
CONCLUSIONS: This case highlights the potential of ketogenic intermittent fasting as an adjunct therapy for mitochondrial ataxia. Ketogenic intermittent fasting was associated with clinically meaningful improvement of ataxia in a patient with COQ8A-related CoQ10 deficiency, suggesting that ketogenic dietary strategies may represent a promising adjunct therapeutic approach for mitochondrial atax...
The Blind Leading the Uncontrolled: How Does Seizure Frequency Improve Over Time in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy? -
No abstract
Science Daily