Brain network that controls spread of seizures identified

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 18:51 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have identified a new explanation for why some seizures spread across the brain. Using a computer model based on direct brain recordings from epilepsy patients, they are the first to show the existence of a network of neural regions that can push or pull on the synchronization of the regions directly involved in a seizure.

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