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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 ...
Seizure or epilepsy? Understanding the critical difference could save lives - A seizure is a sudden electrical disturbance in the brain that may occur due to triggers like fever or injury and can be a one-time event. Epilepsy is a chronic condition involving recurrent, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Why Early Detection of Seizures and Epilepsy Is so Important - For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make the ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Seizure or epilepsy? Understanding the critical difference could save lives - A seizure is a sudden electrical disturbance in the brain that may occur due to triggers like fever or injury and can be a one-time event. Epilepsy is a chronic condition involving recurrent, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Why Early Detection of Seizures and Epilepsy Is so Important - For parents, a child having a seizure is one of the most frightening experiences imaginable. While many childhood seizures are brief and isolated, others are more serious and persistent. To make the ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Neurofeedback News
Neurofeedback game helps patients with MS manage fatigue -
A compassionate neurofeedback game that can identify fatigue aims to help patients with MS, according to a poster presented at Cedars-Sinai’s eighth annual iteration of its Virtual Medicine Conference ...
Evidence-based retraining of the brain available on the Kenai Peninsula - Neurofeedback therapy for children and adults offers an effective, alternative to traditional treatment For many people struggling with ADHD, poor focus, insomnia or emotional dysregulation, the path ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sens.ai Introduces First Functional EEG-Based Brain Age Clock Validated at MRI-Grade Accuracy - Pivotal study co-authored by researchers at the Buck Institute and Sens.ai, shows participants improved their brain age by an average of 5.18 years in 56 days. When we ran the data, BrainYears: turned ...
Evidence-based retraining of the brain available on the Kenai Peninsula - Neurofeedback therapy for children and adults offers an effective, alternative to traditional treatment For many people struggling with ADHD, poor focus, insomnia or emotional dysregulation, the path ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sens.ai Introduces First Functional EEG-Based Brain Age Clock Validated at MRI-Grade Accuracy - Pivotal study co-authored by researchers at the Buck Institute and Sens.ai, shows participants improved their brain age by an average of 5.18 years in 56 days. When we ran the data, BrainYears: turned ...
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PubMed
Seizure-related physical injuries and Quality of Life in patients with epilepsy: A cross-sectional single-center study -
CONCLUSION: Seizure-related physical injuries are common in epilepsy and significantly impair Quality of Life, especially when chronic sequelae develop. Preventive measures, early rehabilitation, and standardized injury management protocols are essential to reduce long-term disability and improve outcomes in this population.
Practical Recommendations for Cardiology Follow-Up in Patients Treated with Fenfluramine Based on Expert Opinion and Clinical Experience - CONCLUSION: The management of FFA treatment should be holistic, with coordinated follow-up involving neurologists, paediatric neurologists, and cardiologists. Implementing a structured, expert-based protocol will help enhance treatment safety and optimize clinical outcomes for patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Systematic Review - CONCLUSION: AI models achieved diagnostic accuracy exceeding 90% in distinguishing normal EEG recordings from abnormal ones, with automated seizure detection representing the most widespread case of clinical use. Despite encouraging results, the reliability of these systems is constrained by limited cohort sizes (typically
TREM2-mediated microglial phagocytosis of inhibitory synapses contributes to prolonged FS-induced epileptogenesis - Febrile seizures (FS) are common convulsive episodes in childhood and an important etiological component in epilepsy. However, most currently available antiepileptic drugs cannot prevent epileptogenesis and may even exacerbate it. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell 2 (TREM2)-mediated microglial phagocytosis of inhibitory synapses may play a pivotal role in epileptogenesis; however, t...
Endovascular neural interfaces: current platforms and clinical readiness - Neurointerventional techniques are facilitating a new class of neural interfaces that record and stimulate brain activity from within the cerebral vasculature. Conventional scalp electroencephalography (EEG) is safe and widely scalable but is limited by skull attenuation and volume conduction, whereas electrocorticography and stereoelectroencephalography provide higher-amplitude signals at the ...
Chronic Subthreshold Cortical Stimulation for Paracentral Epilepsy-A Systematic Review - CONCLUSIONS: CSCS appears to be a promising treatment modality for paracentral DRE, showing high rates of seizure freedom, favorable safety profiles, and potential neuromodulatory benefits beyond seizure suppression. Although preliminary evidence suggests superior efficacy in paracentral cases to other neurostimulation modalities, the present data are limited by publication bias and lack of ran...
Practical Recommendations for Cardiology Follow-Up in Patients Treated with Fenfluramine Based on Expert Opinion and Clinical Experience - CONCLUSION: The management of FFA treatment should be holistic, with coordinated follow-up involving neurologists, paediatric neurologists, and cardiologists. Implementing a structured, expert-based protocol will help enhance treatment safety and optimize clinical outcomes for patients with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Systematic Review - CONCLUSION: AI models achieved diagnostic accuracy exceeding 90% in distinguishing normal EEG recordings from abnormal ones, with automated seizure detection representing the most widespread case of clinical use. Despite encouraging results, the reliability of these systems is constrained by limited cohort sizes (typically
TREM2-mediated microglial phagocytosis of inhibitory synapses contributes to prolonged FS-induced epileptogenesis - Febrile seizures (FS) are common convulsive episodes in childhood and an important etiological component in epilepsy. However, most currently available antiepileptic drugs cannot prevent epileptogenesis and may even exacerbate it. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell 2 (TREM2)-mediated microglial phagocytosis of inhibitory synapses may play a pivotal role in epileptogenesis; however, t...
Endovascular neural interfaces: current platforms and clinical readiness - Neurointerventional techniques are facilitating a new class of neural interfaces that record and stimulate brain activity from within the cerebral vasculature. Conventional scalp electroencephalography (EEG) is safe and widely scalable but is limited by skull attenuation and volume conduction, whereas electrocorticography and stereoelectroencephalography provide higher-amplitude signals at the ...
Chronic Subthreshold Cortical Stimulation for Paracentral Epilepsy-A Systematic Review - CONCLUSIONS: CSCS appears to be a promising treatment modality for paracentral DRE, showing high rates of seizure freedom, favorable safety profiles, and potential neuromodulatory benefits beyond seizure suppression. Although preliminary evidence suggests superior efficacy in paracentral cases to other neurostimulation modalities, the present data are limited by publication bias and lack of ran...
Science Daily
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.
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.