Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease

Jung Peter Milton John

ISBN 10: 3540427627 / ISBN 13: 9783540427629

Published by Springer, 2002

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pp. xxxii + 417.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540427627
• ISBN 13: 9783540427629
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

A "brain defibrillator" may be closer than we think. An epileptic seizure involves a paroxysmal change in the activity of millions of neurons. Feedback control of seizures would require an implantable device that could predict seizure occurrence and then deliver a stimulus to abort it. To examine the feasibility of building such a device, this text brings together experts in epilepsy, bio-engineering, and dynamical systems theory. Topics include the development of epileptic systems, seizure prediction, neural synchronization, wave phenomena in excitable media, and the control of complex neural dynamics using brief electrical stimuli.