epilepsy
- Brain waves usually found in sleep can protect against epileptic activitymedicalxpress.com Brain waves usually found in sleep can protect against epileptic activity
Slow waves that usually only occur in the brain during sleep are also present during wakefulness in people with epilepsy and may protect against increased brain excitability associated with the condition, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL.
>"This study unveils, for the first time, a potential protective mechanism, 'wake' slow waves, employed by the brain to counteract epileptic activity. This mechanism takes advantage of protective brain activity that normally occurs during sleep, but in people with epilepsy, can occur during wakefulness." > >As part of the research, the team also wanted to test whether the occurrence of "wake" slow waves had any negative effects on cognitive function. During the memory task, researchers found that the "wake" slow waves reduced nerve cell activity and so affected cognitive performance—increasing the length of time required by patients to complete the task. > >The team reported that for each increase of one slow wave per second, the reaction time increased by 0.56 seconds. > >Professor Walker said, "This observation suggests that the cognitive difficulties—in particularly, memory deficits—experienced by individuals with epilepsy may be attributed, in part, to the brief impairments induced by these slow waves." > >The team hope that future studies will be able to increase such activity as a potential novel treatment for people with epilepsy.
- Partial Seizures be like: "Hold my drink..."
I like to pretend I'm surfing time and space, communing with the Universe...
[ Image - A white-robed, light-skinned, white haired and bearded figure, resembling a wizard/druid/viking, kneels against a large, forest tree; their head lain against the bark, their eyes closed.
Text - " transcending the fabric of reality (getting dizzy from standing up too fast) " ]
- Memory loss
How do you guys deal with memory loss? I have around 4 TV sezuire a year, and multiple absences which have definitely got better with medication, however my long term memory is terrible, I've forgotten a lot from growing up and even though less frequent I still forget more recent things, such as names.
Google photos giving picture memories has been really useful remembering the last 7 years, I wish I had more, there is Facebook but I mostly want to forget those mostly drunkard photos from my youth.
Any other tips maybe noted of some type?
