More than 50 million individuals are affected with epilepsy worldwide, making them susceptible to seizures. This can cause physical pain, compromised quality of life, and high mortality risk. According to new research from UTHealth Houston , it is possible to predict seizures more than 30 minutes before onset in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
An analysis of 1,800 patient hours of EEG in 15 patients revealed that the pro-ictal states (pathological brain activities at times of heightened seizure risk) could be identified in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy more than half an hour before seizure onset. The breakthrough research opens new horizons for neuromodulation therapies using electrodes that could be activated to prevent the onset of seizures, especially when seizures affect a large part of the brain and surgery is not an option, thereby improving the quality of life for…
