Domino effects and synchrony in seizure initiation
E-Mail IMAGE: Seizure activity can cascade across the brain, much like a line of falling dominos. This image of a domino brain was created for a video based on this concept that... view more Credit: Figure courtesy of Jennifer Creaser and Sprice Machines. Epilepsy, a neurological disease that causes recurring seizures with a wide array of effects, impacts approximately 50 million people across the world. This condition has been recognized for a long time -- written records of epileptic symptoms date all the way back to 4000 B.C.E. But despite this long history of knowledge and tre...
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