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  • Two Brain Stimulation Options Help Children With Hard-To-Treat Epilepsy – illustration
    Devices & Neuromodulation | Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | New Studies | Pediatrics

    Two Brain Stimulation Options Help Children With Hard-To-Treat Epilepsy

    July 26, 2026July 26, 2026

    This study looked at thalamic neuromodulation for children with drug-resistant epilepsy, meaning epilepsy that did not respond well to medicines.

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  • Child Brain Scan Template Improves Seizure Source Detection – illustration
    Devices & Neuromodulation | Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Imaging & EEG | New Studies | Pediatrics

    Child Brain Scan Template Improves Seizure Source Detection

    July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

    This study looked at whether brain PET scan templates made for children, and matched to different ages, can help improve localization of the epileptogenic zone, the brain area where seizures start, in children with drug-resistant epilepsy.

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  • New Brain Scans May Better Guide Epilepsy Surgery – illustration
    Drug-Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Research Summaries | Genetics | Imaging & EEG | New Studies

    New Brain Scans May Better Guide Epilepsy Surgery

    July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

    This paper is a review, not a new experiment.

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  • Perampanel Alone May Help Children With Epilepsy – illustration
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    Perampanel Alone May Help Children With Epilepsy

    July 25, 2026July 25, 2026

    This paper reviewed published studies on using perampanel alone (monotherapy) in children with epilepsy.

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  • Fertility Treatment Usually Safe For Women With Epilepsy – illustration
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    Fertility Treatment Usually Safe For Women With Epilepsy

    July 24, 2026July 24, 2026

    This paper was a systematic review about infertility treatment in women with epilepsy.

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  • Valproate May Control JME Better Than Levetiracetam – illustration
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    Valproate May Control JME Better Than Levetiracetam

    July 24, 2026July 24, 2026

    This paper combined results from 7 studies that compared two seizure medicines, valproate (VPA) and levetiracetam (LEV), in people with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME).

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  • Limited Evidence On Best Next Seizure Medicine – illustration
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    Limited Evidence On Best Next Seizure Medicine

    July 24, 2026July 24, 2026

    This paper was a systematic review of randomized controlled trials about what to do after the first antiseizure medication (ASM) does not control focal epilepsy.

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  • Ethosuximide May Improve Seizures, EEG, And Behavior – illustration
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    Ethosuximide May Improve Seizures, EEG, And Behavior

    July 23, 2026July 23, 2026

    This study looked at adding ethosuximide, a seizure medicine, to treatment for children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep (D/EE-SWAS).

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  • Levetiracetam Did Not Worsen Anxiety Or Depression In Kids – illustration
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    Levetiracetam Did Not Worsen Anxiety Or Depression In Kids

    July 23, 2026July 23, 2026

    This study followed 35 children and adolescents with epilepsy who started levetiracetam, a common seizure medicine.

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