Epileptic seizures may be predictable
People with epilepsy typically lead peaceful lives in the days and hours between their seizures. However, the calm they experience before the mental storms may not be so tranquil after all.
Patterns of mild electrical disturbance in the brains of epilepsy patients seem to foreshadow a seizure hours before its onset, reports a group of neurobiologists and electrical engineers. If the findings are confirmed, they may lead to devices that would theoretically predict seizures and even halt them before they begin, suggest the researchers in the April Neuron.