Epilepsy as a Dynamic Disease /
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2003.
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| Series: | Biological and medical physics series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 418 pages 214 illustrations, 24 illustrations in color.) |
| ISBN: | 9783662050484 (electronic bk.) 366205048X (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 1618-7210 |