Mental Health DailyResearch. Evidence. Perspective.Published research on drug-resistant epilepsy.
A 2026 structured review of autoimmune drug-resistant focal epilepsy argues for a narrow but clinically important claim: immune mechanisms can make seizures refractory in selected patients, …
Read articleA 2026 medRxiv study of 30 adults with drug-resistant focal epilepsy found that dynamic FDG-PET had higher model-adjusted signal quality than static PET in most brain regions, including >80%…
Read articleA 2026 first-in-human medRxiv preprint reported that closed-loop subgaleal intersectional short-pulse stimulation shortened stimulated seizures by 52% on average and reduced seizure incidenc…
Read articleA 2026 CORE-VNS registry analysis found that implanted vagus nerve stimulation still produced large 36-month seizure reductions after failed intracranial epilepsy surgery: median all-seizure…
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