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Teacher with Epilepsy from Viral Seizure Video Shares Advice for Others Navigating Chronic Illness at Work (Exclusive) - A viral TikTok video of Yareli Jessica Gijon experiencing seizure symptoms in class sparked conversations about epilepsy awareness ...

EPILEPSY AWARENESS: Local neurologist explains condition & seizure first aid - COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Local experts say epilepsy is not a condition to be afraid of. Piedmont Columbus Regional pediatric neurologist Pierre Fequiere treats patients with epilepsy every day and knows ...

Teen with Epilepsy Dies After Seizure Leads to Cardiac Arrest: ‘There Was No Warning’ - Ellen May Hardwick, 18, went into cardiac arrest following a seizure that occurred with "no warning." Her family is now raising awareness of SUDEP (sudden unexpected death in epilepsy).

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Metabolic Brain Network Reorganization in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy With Aware or Impaired Awareness Seizures - CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed alterations in graph-theoretical parameters and hub distribution in patients with TLE-IAS and TLE-AS. These findings provide preliminary metabolic imaging evidence for the neural substrates underlying impaired awareness in TLE.

The Neuroprotective Role of a Caspase-1 Inhibitor Against Apoptosis via Inhibition of Glial Hyperactivation in a Mouse Model of Epilepsy - CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that inhibiting glial cell hyperactivation and neuroinflammation via caspase-1 inhibition may represent a potential therapeutic strategy for epilepsy.

Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Due to a Novel ARHGEF9 Deletion Variant: Case Series of Two Siblings - CONCLUSIONS: These cases expand the genotypic spectrum of ARHGEF9-related disorders and underscore the intrafamilial phenotypic variability associated with this gene. These findings emphasize the significance of early genetic testing for establishing a diagnosis, assessing prognosis, and facilitating genetic counseling.

Long-term exposure to polystyrene microplastics exacerbates seizure symptoms via lipid metabolic disruption and ferroptosis: insights from multi-omics analyses - As a consequence of global industrial growth, microplastics (plastic fragments

SnRNA-seq reveals seizure-induced remodelling of excitatory and inhibitory neuron populations - Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological disorders. This study aimed to identify hippocampal neuronal subpopulations with the most prominent transcriptional alterations during the latent period following status epilepticus, thereby elucidating early molecular mechanisms of epileptogenesis in a pilocarpine-induced model. Status epilepticus (SE) was induced in male C57BL/6 N mice v...

Epigenetic histone deacetylase inhibition by sodium butyrate reduces neuroinflammation, improves neurological dysfunction and promotes disease modification of epileptogenesis following traumatic br... - Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a chronic and debilitating seizure disorder that arises following traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is characterized by persistent neuroinflammation, epigenetic dysregulation, long-term neurological deficits, and recurrent seizures. Despite its clinical significance, there are currently no effective therapies that halt epileptogenesis and improve functional outco...

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.