Cutting-edge laser brain surgery stifles seizures for epilepsy patientsThe technique, called laser ablation, is a revolutionary laser brain surgery and was performed recently at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New BrunswickNJ.com
In some cases, awake craniotomy (awake brain surgery) is also performed. It is usually done in cases where the surgeon needs to ask you to perform a few functions in order to check if surgery is going right. The patient might be asked to speak or move a part of the body. The patient...
GABA (Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid) is the brain’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter responsible for calming the nervous system. Low levels of GABA have been linked to many conditions, including anxiety, depression, seizures, and movement disorders. Research has found that low levels of GABA can trigge...
“focus” of misbehaving cells causing seizures. She will cut out part of the temporal lobe or use a laser to destroy smaller spots. While this kind of surgery can stop seizures permanently, it comes with the risk of “major cognitive consequences.” People can lose memories, ...
New devices have enormous potential to help patients whose seizures are not controlled by medication and who are not candidates for curative epilepsy surgery. Further research into where, how, and when to deliver electrical stimulation in the brain is needed to maximize benefit from these new ...
Early postoperative seizures (EPS) are a common complication of brain tumour surgery. This paper investigates risk factors, management and clinical relevance of EPS. We retrospectively analysed the occurrence of EPS, clinical and laboratory parameters, imaging and histopathological findings in a cohort ...
EEG.From our pediatric epilepsy surgery series, we identified 50 patients in whom 30 to 100% of preoperative epileptiform discharges (ictal, interictal, or both) were generalized or contralateral to the side of surgery.All patients had severe refractory epilepsy and an epileptogenic lesion on brain...
Epilepsy surgery is the treatment of choice for drug-resistant epilepsy patients. However, seizure-freedom is currently achieved in only 2/3 of the patients after surgery. In this study we have developed an individualized computational model based on MEG
The meta-analysis examined data from two first-in-human clinical trials of focal cortex stimulation (FCS) with an epicranial neuromodulation system called Epicranial Application of Stimulation Electrodes for Epilepsy (EASEE). The therapy uses a specially designed electrode placed outside the cranium ...
e. Improving epilepsy surgery with digital brain models In millions of epilepsy patients, pharmacological treatment is not effective and surgical intervention is the only option. 在数百万癫痫患者中,药物治疗无效,手术干预是唯一的选择。 HBP scientists from France have developed personalised brain models to...