An EU initiative has studied how brain regions communicate with each other during baseline and seizures to identify which area causes epilepsy. The results can pave the way to improved diagnosis and early treatment of epilepsy.
Approximately 30-40 % of patients with epilepsy can’t be adequately treated with anti-epileptic drugs. For these patients, surgery is the treatment with the highest effectiveness towards becoming seizure-free. The ability to accurately, quickly and efficiently estimate the epileptic focus is therefore of great importance.
Further details: New methodologies examine communication between brain regions in epilepsy patients to improve treatment