What is it about?
Epileptic seizures can occur in isolation or in series / clusters. This study investigates how seizures determine if a cluster will end.
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Why is it important?
The finding that longer seizures are needed to stop a cluster is relevant to unterstanding mechanisms relevant to normalize a hyperexcitable cortex in epilepsy.
Perspectives
Knowledge about seizure duration can have effects on treatment decisions, i.e. when to interfere with a cluster. Furthermore it can prompt basic research on the differential effects of ictal events of variable duration on postictal excitability.
Andreas Schulze-Bonhage
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg
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This page is a summary of: Termination of seizure clusters is related to the duration of focal seizures, Epilepsia, March 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13375.
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