Neurofeedback: Effective Treatment for Epilepsy without Harmful Side Effects Dr.Prashant Deshmukh MD Founder of SBL & Brain Mapping India Forum Clinic , India leading Neurophysiologist Professor & Membership ISNR , USA The conventional treatment sometimes for epilepsy isn’t up to snuff. In a full one-third of all cases, it simply doesn’t work. Could neurofeedback do better? A  2009 meta-analysis combed through all of the neurofeedback trials on epilepsy, finding that not only does it work, it works especially well for patients where conventional treatment does not seem to work. “We analyzed every EEG biofeedback study … between 1970 and 2005 on epilepsy that provided seizure frequency change in response to feedback, ” write the researches in their conclusion. “Sixty-three studies have been published, 10 of which provided enough outcome information to be included in a meta-analysis … Based on this meta-analysis, EEG operant conditioning was found to produce a significant reduction in seizure frequency. This finding is especially noteworthy given the patient group, individuals who had been unable to control their seizures with medical treatment.”