Abstract
A seizure involves the synchronization of the activity of a very large population of periodically firing neurons [4,483]. It is well known that periodic electrical or sensory stimulation can be used to trigger the onset of a seizure. Here we discuss the use of periodic stimuli to abort seizures once they are occurring.
This research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Mental Health and the Brain Research Foundation. J. D. H. was supported by a scholarship from the National Science Foundation. We thank J. Crate, L. Fox and P. Lloyd for technical assistance.
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Hunter, J.D., Milton, J. (2003). Controlling Neural Synchrony with Periodic and Aperiodic Stimuli. In: Milton, J., Jung, P. (eds) Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease. Biological and Medical Physics Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05048-4_8
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