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What Is Neurofeedback Therapy? -
Neurofeedback is a noninvasive form of therapy that trains the brain to improve various neurological issues, including chronic pain, ADHD, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Using EEG to monitor real-time ...
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 ...
What Is Neurofeedback? - Whenever I mention that neurofeedback helped me regain my life after my multiple brain injuries — or that I’m now a neurofeedback provider — the first reaction is to ask me, what is neurofeedback? I’m ...
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 ...
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 ...
What Is Neurofeedback? - Whenever I mention that neurofeedback helped me regain my life after my multiple brain injuries — or that I’m now a neurofeedback provider — the first reaction is to ask me, what is neurofeedback? I’m ...
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 ...
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Temporal light modulation from LED lighting and seizure risk: A focused review of visible flicker, invisible modulation, and evidence gaps -
Critically assess whether light emitting diode (LED) lighting temporal light modulation (TLM) is linked to seizure risk while distinguishing established evidence on visible flicker in photosensitive epilepsy from weaker evidence on prolonged exposure to invisible or supra-critical flicker fusion (CFF) modulation. The review also lists desired data: modulation depth at 100/120 Hz, waveform and d...
Epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia beyond the classical phenotype: Longitudinal electroclinical observations in a pediatric cohort - OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia is a childhood-onset generalized epilepsy syndrome with variable recognition of eyelid myoclonia, eye-closure sensitivity, and photosensitivity during follow-up. We aimed to characterize longitudinal clinical and electroencephalographic features in pediatric epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia, focusing on delayed recognition, reflex electroencephalographic ...
Long-Term Audiogenic Kindling Induces Pronounced Downregulation of the GABAergic System in the Hippocampus of Krushinsky-Molodkina Rats - Downregulation of inhibitory GABAergic transmission is closely connected with the development and progression of epilepsy; however, further studies are still needed to provide the complex and detailed picture of corresponding pathological alterations and their contribution to epileptogenesis. In the present study, we performed the comprehensive analysis of GABAergic system in the hippocampus of...
Electroencephalogram Utilization, Epileptiform Findings, and Associated Factors Among Children with Epilepsy in Southwestern Uganda: A 5-Year Retrospective Record Review - OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition in children in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Although the diagnosis remains majorly clinical, EEG is fundamental in assessment and management of epilepsy. However, its uptake remains low in LMIC. We aimed to determine the proportion of children with epilepsy who have had an EEG, the proportion of epileptiform EEGs, and the ...
Moderate-intensity treadmill exercise improved the anticonvulsant efficacy of topiramate and attenuated anxiety and depressive-like side effects in epileptic rats by upregulating 5-HT1A receptors i... - CONCLUSION: The current findings demonstrate that adjunctive moderate-intensity treadmill exercise potentiates the anticonvulsant efficacy of topiramate and effectively counteracts its depressive-like side effects and anxiety. This behavioral improvement was correlated with exercise-mediated upregulation of 5-HT1A receptors, suggesting a potential mechanistic link. These findings provide a prec...
Prevalence and clinical correlates of autoimmune and infection-related antibodies in unexplained seizures in western China - CONCLUSION: Combined detection of neural autoantibodies, systemic autoimmune antibodies, and infection-related serological markers facilitates etiological diagnosis and identification of candidates for early immunotherapy in patients with unexplained seizures in western China.
Epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia beyond the classical phenotype: Longitudinal electroclinical observations in a pediatric cohort - OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia is a childhood-onset generalized epilepsy syndrome with variable recognition of eyelid myoclonia, eye-closure sensitivity, and photosensitivity during follow-up. We aimed to characterize longitudinal clinical and electroencephalographic features in pediatric epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia, focusing on delayed recognition, reflex electroencephalographic ...
Long-Term Audiogenic Kindling Induces Pronounced Downregulation of the GABAergic System in the Hippocampus of Krushinsky-Molodkina Rats - Downregulation of inhibitory GABAergic transmission is closely connected with the development and progression of epilepsy; however, further studies are still needed to provide the complex and detailed picture of corresponding pathological alterations and their contribution to epileptogenesis. In the present study, we performed the comprehensive analysis of GABAergic system in the hippocampus of...
Electroencephalogram Utilization, Epileptiform Findings, and Associated Factors Among Children with Epilepsy in Southwestern Uganda: A 5-Year Retrospective Record Review - OBJECTIVE: Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition in children in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Although the diagnosis remains majorly clinical, EEG is fundamental in assessment and management of epilepsy. However, its uptake remains low in LMIC. We aimed to determine the proportion of children with epilepsy who have had an EEG, the proportion of epileptiform EEGs, and the ...
Moderate-intensity treadmill exercise improved the anticonvulsant efficacy of topiramate and attenuated anxiety and depressive-like side effects in epileptic rats by upregulating 5-HT1A receptors i... - CONCLUSION: The current findings demonstrate that adjunctive moderate-intensity treadmill exercise potentiates the anticonvulsant efficacy of topiramate and effectively counteracts its depressive-like side effects and anxiety. This behavioral improvement was correlated with exercise-mediated upregulation of 5-HT1A receptors, suggesting a potential mechanistic link. These findings provide a prec...
Prevalence and clinical correlates of autoimmune and infection-related antibodies in unexplained seizures in western China - CONCLUSION: Combined detection of neural autoantibodies, systemic autoimmune antibodies, and infection-related serological markers facilitates etiological diagnosis and identification of candidates for early immunotherapy in patients with unexplained seizures in western China.
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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.