Epilepsy News

Seasonal Changes and Seizure Frequency: Understanding the Link for Epilepsy Patients - Seasonal temperature changes can disrupt epilepsy management by affecting sleep, stress, and medication absorption. Expert advises personalised strategies to maintain seizure control year-round.

Seizure action plans: Management and educational tools in epilepsy care - Historically, seizure action plans have focused on certain high-risk groups—such as people with drug-resistant epilepsy and people with a history of status epilepticus or seizure clusters. Neurology ...

Hewitt, Texas teen with epilepsy recovering after undergoing surgery to slow number of seizures - Emma Isbell, 16, of Hewitt, was born with epilepsy and was later diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder which makes her condition less likely to respond to traditional medications.

Townsville father loses license, forced to close business after seizure causes crash - The family of a man living with epilepsy and a brain condition are calling for support after the father to a young daughter lost his license and was forced to close his business ...

Epilepsy News - Apr. 15, 2025 — Certain common genetic changes might make some people with focal epilepsy less responsive to seizure medications, finds a new global ... Could an Arthritis Drug Unlock Lasting ...

New Definition of Epilepsy Improves Diagnosis, Treatment - The new International League Against Epilepsy definition of epilepsy results in a higher frequency of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment.

Lake Bell Gives Update on 10-Year-Old Daughter Nova's Epilepsy and Shares the Heartwarming Way She Inspired Her Debut Picture Book - The actress co-parents Nova with ex-husband Scott Campbell, 45, since their split during the year of her daughter's epilepsy diagnosis. "Her dad and I are elated that she's in a place of steady and ...

Valtoco Nasal Spray Approved for Younger Epilepsy Patients - The FDA has expanded the approval of Valtoco (diazepam nasal spray) to include treatment of seizure clusters in patients aged 2 to 5 years.

For Lake Bell, Managing Seizures, Epilepsy, and Learning Differences Is Part of the Job - The actor and mom hopes to normalize the conversation about neurodivergency in her new book, “All About Brains.” ...

SGLT-2 Inhibitors Lower Incidence of Epilepsy in Type 2 Diabetes - SGLT-2 inhibitor use vs DPP-4 inhibitor use was associated with lower incidence of epilepsy among patients with type 2 diabetes.

How To Monitor Progress With Home Neurofeedback Devices - Do you know your brainwave activities carry substantial data about your mental wellness? Beta waves keep you focused, enabling analytical thinking. Neurofeedback devices are sophisticated technologies ...

Psilocybin-assisted neurofeedback shows promise in preliminary research - Neurofeedback, on the other hand, is a technique that uses real-time displays of brain activity—usually via electroencephalography (EEG)—to teach people how to control specific patterns of ...

Psychology researchers unravel phobic disorders using one not-so-itsy-bitsy spider - From needles, snakes and airplanes to test-taking, speech-making and germs, sources of all-encompassing panic can make pushing through daily life feel like more trouble than it's worth.

UTSA’s neurofeedback program is shaping the future of counseling - At UTSA, the use of neurofeedback has enabled the next generation of counselors to break through those challenges with innovative approaches. “There are a number of therapy modalities, but ...

Neurofeedback: Unlocking the Brain’s Potential - Prof. Hossam Badrawi, a prominent physician, a well-known politician, and former head of the OB/GYN department in Cairo University’s Medical School, reflects on the emerging neurofeedback technique ...

Synthesis and Neurotropic Activity of New 5-Piperazinopyrazolo[3,4-c]-2,7-naphthyridines and Isoxazolo[5,4-c]-2,7-naphthyridines - Background/Objectives: Approximately 1% of people worldwide suffer from epilepsy. The development of safer and more effective antiepileptic medications (AEDs) is still urgently needed because all AEDs have some unwanted side effects and roughly 30% of epileptic patients cannot stop having seizures when taking current AEDs. It should be noted that the derivatives of pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine are i...

Epilepsies and Mirror Movements: An Underrecognized Association? - Mirror movements (MMs) are related to structural alterations of the pyramidal tract or transcallosal pathways, as well as functional impairment of the interhemispheric inhibitory effects on motor planning skills, leading to the inability to perform limb movements independently. On the other hand, white matter bundles that connect distant cortical regions are thought to be the anatomical substra...

Narrative Review on Common Traits of Parkinson's Disease and Epilepsy - Epilepsy and Parkinson's disease (PD) are two common neurological disorders, with a lifetime prevalence of approximately 1% and 0.4%, respectively. Both conditions affect movement and brain function and were traditionally considered distinct, with different pathophysiological mechanisms. However, recent research suggests potential links between them. Some studies indicate that epilepsy may cont...

Investigating Peri-Ictal MRI Abnormalities: A Prospective Neuroimaging Study on Status Epilepticus, Seizure Clusters, and Single Seizures - Background/Objectives: Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) often reveals acute peri-ictal abnormalities (PMAs) during or shortly after status epilepticus (SE) but also following single seizures (SiS) or clusters of seizures (CS). However, the incidence, characteristics, and progression remain not clearly known. This study aimed to investigate incidence, clinical correlations, and evolution o...

Repurposing Antiepileptic Drugs for Cancer: A Promising Therapeutic Strategy - Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by repeated convulsions. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are the main course of therapy for epilepsy. These medications are given according to each patient's personal medical history and the types of seizures they suffer. They have been employed for decades to manage epilepsy, thus delivering relief from seizures through numerous mechanisms of action...

Compensatory Regulation of Excitation/Inhibition Balance in the Ventral Hippocampus: Insights from Fragile X Syndrome - The excitation/inhibition (E/I) balance is a critical feature of neural circuits, which is crucial for maintaining optimal brain function by ensuring network stability and preventing neural hyperexcitability. The hippocampus exhibits the particularly interesting characteristics of having different functions and E/I profiles between its dorsal and ventral segments. Furthermore, the hippocampus i...

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.