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Why treating epilepsy isn't just about stopping seizures - Epilepsy was viewed for a long time as a disorder of sudden electrical disruption, but we now know the story is more complex ...

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 ...

First seizure clinic provides visit, pediatric epilepsy diagnosis in less than a week - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model expedites access to specialists after a first seizure. The mean time between the referral and the ...

Focal treatment-resistant epilepsy symptoms improved with antiseizure medication - Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monthly seizure frequency percentage reduction was 68.73% for the entire study cohort. For those followed up in ...

Pediatrics in Brevard: Here's what to know about epilepsy, what to do if someone has seizure - Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 3.4 million people in the United States have epilepsy, so it is a relatively common diagnosis. In fact, it is the fourth ...

Understanding epilepsy: Seven ways to respond to an epileptic seizure - At the forefront of epilepsy research and treatment is the University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, a collaborative initiative between the UAB Department of Neurology and UAB Hospital, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neurofeedback gets you back in the zone - Researchers have shown -- for the first time -- that they can use online neurofeedback to modify an individual's arousal state to improve performance in a demanding sensory motor task, such as flying ...

Understanding The Role Of Neurofeedback Technology In Addressing ADHD - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent challenge in today's educational and professional landscapes. Most of us are familiar with ADHD, either ...

The importance of genetic testing in managing developmental epileptic encephalopathy in resource-limited settings: a case report - CONCLUSION: Pathogenic variants of CACNA(1)E, particularly those causing either gain-of-function or loss-of-function effects, are linked to severe neurodevelopmental disorders. Clinically, CACNA(1)E mutations often present in early childhood with severe neurodevelopmental impairment, global developmental delay, autistic features, feeding difficulties, and self-injurious behaviors. The molecular...

Early reduction in unplanned healthcare utilization following vagus nerve stimulation for pediatric epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: In a large, consecutive, single-surgeon series, pediatric VNS implantation was associated with an early reduction in unplanned acute healthcare utilization and an exceptional surgical safety profile. Our observations suggest that VNS provides a rapid and clinically significant reduction in unplanned seizure-related hospital admissions and ER visits within the first 3 months of impl...

Accuracy of epilepsy screening tools in community and primary care settings across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol - INTRODUCTION: Circumstantial evidence suggests that a high proportion of cases of epilepsy in countries across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain undiagnosed. The magnitude of the burden is unknown. Screening tools offer promise for early detection and prevalence estimation that will enable evidence-informed management of epilepsy in SSA. This review will systematically assess the accuracy and rel...

Montelukast activates β4-containing BK channels and emerges as a pharmacological tool to reduce hippocampal excitability - Large-conductance Ca²⁺- and voltage-activated K⁺ (BK) channels are critical regulators of neuronal excitability and have been implicated in multiple epileptic syndromes. Their functional diversity arises from the co-assembly of pore-forming α-subunits with auxiliary β subunits, among which β4 is highly expressed in distinct regions of the central nervous system, including hippocampal Dentate Gy...

Altered physiology and ensemble recruitment of dentate gyrus semilunar granule cells in a mouse model of epilepsy - The dentate gyrus is a major locus for structural and synaptic reorganization in temporal lobe epilepsy. While physiological changes during epileptogensis are well characterized in the principal dentate projection neuron, granule cells (GCs), epilepsy-related changes in semilunar granule cells (SGCs), a distinct subset of dentate projection neurons, remain unknown. Using a mouse pilocarpine mod...

Targeted interneuron ablation in an mTORopathy model: testing a two-hit mechanism of epileptogenesis - OBJECTIVE: Somatic mutations in mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway genes produce focal brain malformations that can lead to epilepsy. Malformations show a high degree of mosaicism, sometimes with less than 1% of neurons carrying the mutation. Seizures are hypothesized to be driven by mutation-carrying dysmorphic excitatory neurons, but lesions in patients and animal models also show...

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.