Epilepsy News

Walk to End Epilepsy raises $25,000+ for research - More than 70,000 Hoosiers are currently living with epilepsy. It’s a neurological disorder that causes seizures. There is no cure, but one local group is trying to change that. On ...

What's Behind a Woman's 43-Year History of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy? - The patient's medical history indicated that she had been diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy more than 40 years before, at the age of 12, reported Seyed Mirsattari, MD, PhD, of Western University ...

Are Epilepsy Patients At Greater Risk of Depression? Expert Explains - Depression appears to be a significant mental health issue for people with Epilepsy due to shared neurobiology and psychosocial factors nbsp; ...

Tommy Freeman: Epilepsy was like a dream – I clocked off in games - Northampton Saints and England back opens up on being hospitalised with a seizure, how a sudden growth spurt aided his game and his early struggles under Eddie Jones ...

Opinion: Lots of people lie to their doctors. My father did — with tragic results - My dad had epilepsy. To keep from having his driver's license permanently revoked, he never told his doctor just how often he had seizures.

Seizure dogs may reduce seizures for people with severe refractory epilepsy: Study - Netherlands: A recent study published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, has shed light on the effectiveness of seizure dogs for people with ...

Structured Seizure Action Plan Beneficial for Adults With Epilepsy - Implementing a structured seizure action plan (SAP) in an adult epilepsy center increases provider utilization and is associated with increased patient knowledge, according to a study published in the ...

Gene linked to epilepsy and autism decoded in new study - A genetic change or variant in a gene called SCN2A is a known cause of infantile seizures, autism spectrum disorder, and intellectual disability, as well as a wide range of other moderate-to-profound ...

Mum diagnosed with epilepsy after symptoms dismissed as panic attacks - A mum has been diagnosed with epilepsy after her symptoms were initially dismissed as panic attacks. Madeleine Dippnall, 29, was told by doctors that she was suffering from panic attacks caused by ...

Mum’s epilepsy misdiagnosed and dismissed as ‘mental health problem’ - After her panic attacks were dismissed as ‘mental health problems,’ a young mum discovered that she wasn’t suffering from a mental illness: she had epilepsy. Madeleine Dippnall, 29, was initially told ...

Brain Health Announces Integration of QEEG Brain Mapping and Neurofeedback in Mental Health Treatments - Leading mental health firm Brain Health has announced that several of its treatment approaches now include QEEG Brain Mapping and Neurofeedback technologies. Dr. Ketam Hamdan is the inspiration for ...

Neurodivergence In The 21st Century: How Technology Supports Children's Potential - Well-established and breakthrough treatments such as neurofeedback, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), augmented and virtual reality therapy and the digitization and gamification of cognitive ...

How Alphabeats designed brainwave training using neurofeedback and music to improve recovery - Alphabeats is using their neurofeedback technology to help top athletes increase focus, enhance their recovery and improve their sleep.

Health technology for you and your pet - Tech expert Jessica Naziri, from techsesh.co, has the latest gadgets designed to enhance both your well-being and that of your furry companions.

Alphabeats says it can train athletes' brains to optimize their performance - here's how - The margin for success in athletics can be in fractions of seconds and mindset can be a deciding factor. Alphabeats claims to up your mental game so you can focus on the physical.

An Ultra-Rare Mixed Phenotype with Combined AP-4 and ERF Mutations: The First Report in a Pediatric Patient and a Literature Review - The adaptor protein 4 (AP-4) constitutes a conserved hetero-tetrameric complex within the family of adaptor protein (AP) complex, crucial for the signal-mediated trafficking of integral membrane proteins. Mutations affecting all subunits of the AP-4 complex have been linked to autosomal-recessive cerebral palsy and a complex hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP) phenotype. Our report details the...

Integrating Proteomics and Transcriptomics Reveals the Potential Pathways of Hippocampal Neuron Apoptosis in Dravet Syndrome Model Mice - An important component contributing to the onset of epilepsy is the death of hippocampal neurons. Several studies have shown that Dravet syndrome model mice: Scn1a KO mice have a high number of apoptotic neurons following seizures, but the precise mechanism underlying this remains unclear. The aim of this research was to elucidate the potential molecular mechanism of neuronal apoptosis in Scn1a...

Neuroinflammation and Epilepsy: From Pathophysiology to Therapies Based on Repurposing Drugs - Neuroinflammation and epilepsy are different pathologies, but, in some cases, they are so closely related that the activation of one of the pathologies leads to the development of the other. In this work, we discuss the three main cell types involved in neuroinflammation, namely (i) reactive astrocytes, (ii) activated microglia, and infiltration of (iii) peripheral immune cells in the central n...

Lack of Direct Effects of Neurotrophic Factors in an In Vitro Model of Neuroinflammation - Neuroinflammation is associated with several neurological disorders including temporal lobe epilepsy. Seizures themselves can induce neuroinflammation. In an in vivo model of epilepsy, the supplementation of brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) and fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) using a Herpes-based vector reduced epileptogenesis-associated neuroinflammation. The aim of this study was to...

Biomechanical Effects of Seizures on Cerebral Dynamics and Brain Stress - Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders globally, affecting about 50 million people, with nearly 80% of those affected residing in low- and middle-income countries. It is characterized by recurrent seizures that result from abnormal electrical brain activity, with seizures varying widely in manifestation. The exploration of the biomechanical effects that seizures have on brain...

Evaluation of the Relation between Ictal EEG Features and XAI Explanations - Epilepsy is a neurological disease with one of the highest rates of incidence worldwide. Although EEG is a crucial tool for its diagnosis, the manual detection of epileptic seizures is time consuming. Automated methods are needed to streamline this process; although there are already several works that have achieved this, the process by which it is executed remains a black box that prevents und...

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.