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Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. John Milton

    1. Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

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  2. Peter Jung

    1. Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Quantitative Biology, Ohio University, Athens, USA

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  • The first book to bring together experts in epilepsy, bio-engineering, and dynamical systems theory to discuss the possibility of treating epilepsy by controlling the mechanisms that cause seizures
  • Includes a unique reference database with more than 1000 references, including hard-to-access references in the Russian literature
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  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering (BIOMEDICAL)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

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    Pages 353-417
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    John Milton

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Institute for Quantitative Biology, Ohio University, Athens, USA

    Peter Jung

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