Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the quest to understand the intricate processes that occur in the brain during seizures that are the key symptom of epilepsy.
A team of scientists from the University of Exeter has studied the mechanisms behind distinctive patterns of electrical activity of neuron groups in the brain that accompany the onset of seizures.
In healthy brains, networks of neurons move through states of similar behavior — known as synchronization — and dissimilar behavior, called desynchronization. These processes are also associated with both memory and attention.
