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Interactions of Deep Structures during Seizures in Man

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Synchronization of EEG Activity in Epilepsies

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The question raised at this symposium relates to the mechanisms by which electrical seizure discharge spreads within the brain and to the question whether any of this spread merits the name of “synchronization” in the absolute meaning of the word. Exact synchrony would demand either that the underlying neuronal mechanism be by volume conduction or that a single deeply situated trigger zone could activate many regions of the cortex, even in the two hemispheres, through fibre tracts and synaptic relays having precisely the same rate of conduction.

The work of this investigator is supported by Career Award #5-K-6 NS 18,608 and Grant NS 09774 from the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Public Health Service.

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  1. Brain Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Mary A. B. Brazier

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  1. Neurological Institute of the University of Vienna and Brain Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

    H. Petsche

  2. Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    Mary A. B. Brazier

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Brazier, M.A.B. (1972). Interactions of Deep Structures during Seizures in Man. In: Petsche, H., Brazier, M.A.B. (eds) Synchronization of EEG Activity in Epilepsies. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8306-9_25

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