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What to know about epilepsy and seizure first aid - November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. Many people may already be aware of the condition from its prevalence in medical dramas, but that portrayal is often exaggerated and does not fully encapsulate ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adjunctive antiepileptic efficacy and safety study of mTOR inhibitors in children with tuberous sclerosis complex - CONCLUSION: Adjunctive therapy with mTOR inhibitors improves the response rate to antiepileptic treatment in children with TSC, with sirolimus and everolimus demonstrating comparable efficacy. Therapeutic benefits were observed regardless of seizure onset age, and longer treatment duration was associated with greater efficacy. mTOR inhibitors may cause some adverse effects in children, but most...

Deletion of Alg13 disrupts postnatal development and migration of GABAergic cortical interneurons - CONCLUSION: Alg13 regulates postnatal interneuron development, and its deletion may contribute to epilepsy-related pathophysiology. These results enhance understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying epilepsy and provide a potential experimental foundation and novel therapeutic targets for the management of Alg13-associated refractory seizures, thereby advancing knowledge of interneuron ...

KCNQ2 Variants in Neonatal Epilepsy: Clinical Characteristics and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in 30 Patients - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize clinical features, genetic architecture, treatment responses, and neurodevelopmental outcomes in neonatal epilepsy associated with KCNQ2 variants and to delineate genotype-phenotype correlations.

Ciprofloxacin-induced microbiota dysbiosis triggers seizure susceptibility through the microbiota-gut-brain axis - CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence linking gut microbiota dysbiosis to seizure susceptibility through neuroinflammatory processes, contributing to the understanding of gut-brain axis involvement in fluoroquinolone-induced seizures.

The Effect of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Epilepsy: No Appetite for Seizures - No abstract

Epilepsy and EEG abnormalities in neurodegenerative dementias: toward a system epilepsy framework - Epilepsy and epileptiform activity represent underrecognized yet clinically significant features of neurodegenerative dementias, with emerging evidence suggesting they may contribute to disease progression rather than merely representing epiphenomena of neuronal loss. This comprehensive review examines the epidemiology, clinical presentation, electroencephalographic findings, and pathophysiolog...

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.