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Mathematical simulations shed new light on epilepsy surgeryResults from an unexpected quarter could help neurologists to identify which brain region to remove to eliminate an epilepsy patient’s symptoms. Mathematicians from the University of Twente, together with researchers from the University Medical Center Utrecht, have shown that it is sensible to examine the interconnections between different brain regions closely, instead of searching for abnormal regions only. The results of their study were published in the scientific journal Epilepsia.Wed 20 Sep 2017Read more
Epileptic seizures show long distance effectsThe area in which an epileptic seizure starts in the brain, may be small but it reaches other parts of the brain at distances of over ten centimeters. That distant activity, in turn, influences the epileptic core, according to mathematicians and neurologists of the University of Twente and the University of Chicago.Tue 19 Sep 2017Read more