Functional brain network alterations in epilepsy: A magnetoencephalography study

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizure, which affects more than 50 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (Niso et al., 2015). During the seizures there is abnormal excessive firing of neurons in the brain resulting in diverse symptoms such as staring, muscle stiffness, muscle spasms and impaired consciousness (van Mierlo et al., 2014). The gradual process by which a normal neural network changes into a hyperexcitable one leading to epilepsy is known as epileptogenesis.
Source: Epilepsy Research - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research