This study was intended to explore the relationship between eligible patients not proceeding with resective epilepsy surgery and various demographic, disease-specific, and epilepsy-evaluation variables.
We propose through both entrainment and 1/f resonance mechanisms that listening to musical pieces containing the least predictable rhythmic structure, might reduce the self similarity of brain activity which in turn modulates low frequency power, situating the brain in a more "noise like" state and away from brain dynamics that can lead to seizures.
People with pharmacoresistant epilepsy and undergoing ketogenic diet therapy, as well as their caregivers, faced additional challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, not only difficulties in accessing healthcare and ketogenic diet therapy maintenance but also on seizure control and mental health.
Although influences of anticonvulsant drugs and seizures are not present at the beginning of epilepsy, this substantial absence of memory complaints at epilepsy onset emphasizes the need for comprehensive neurological and psychological treatment early with the given diagnosis.
The COVID-19 pandemic may impact the healthcare and mental wellbeing of patients with chronic diseases such as epilepsy.
One-fifth of seizure-free patients continued to feel stigmatized, even though they had not had a seizure in more than 2 years.
Genetics
Researchers at The University of Queensland, working to gain a better understanding of how brain cells work, have discovered the underlying mechanism of a rare genetic mutation that can cause epilepsy.
Despite the high occurrence of drug-resistant epilepsy, there is no accepted protocol for the related medical management.
Women with sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy have a higher risk of seizure worsening in pregnancy.
