Instead of placing electrodes on the
surface of the brain of a patient to find
out where his seizures are originating, so
the connections in that area can be cut in
the hope of a cure, it wouldn't be more
efficient to "absorb" the electricity
using a device similar to an electrical
capacitor?
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SleepyJen
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 41 Location: NYC
Posted: 06-17-04 23:59pm
I'm not sure what you mean. Can you
explain in detail please?
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sami_1982
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 200 Location: Australia
Posted: 06-18-04 10:19am
I think that they mean.....
Wouldnt it be better to place suctioncaps
in to the brain to capture the
electricity. Instead of cut the brain,
and cause unwanted damage. When if you
capture the current like a net. You could
prehaps phase it out before it went to a
further part of the brain.
Like with the eeg the electrodes flow to
the computer through electrodes. Im
probably making no sense here, like trying
to earth you instead of make you static.
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SleepyJen
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 41 Location: NYC
Still Confused Here Posted: 06-18-04 23:34pm
So this would be a treatment to replace
surgical resection (or would it be part of
the evaluation before resection)? How
would it detect the excess
electroactivity? An outside unit I
suppose? What about deep sources?
(cuts would still need to be made then).
Would these be left inside the head long
term? How would it control just how much
current was being "absorbed"? Even
during normal brain function neurons fire
up to once per millisecond. Current in
the brain is vital to life. I obviously
just don't understand what is being
proposed here.
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sami_1982
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 200 Location: Australia
Posted: 06-19-04 03:39am
Well I supose it would still be a surgery.
I guess it would be a lesser amount again
who could have the surgery. My
understanding is that it would cap the
neurons where there was a focus on the mri
scans, like suction that area. .
And we know that not all of us know the
reasons for having seizures. 70 % of
epilepsy is still unknown cases.
Sleepyjen I am just as confused as you are
now.
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And we know that not all of us know the
reasons for having seizures. 70 % of
epilepsy is still unknown cases.
Sleepyjen I am just as confused as you are
now. 
