Experts use MRI to identify brain pathways responsible for epileptic seizures

brain connections that cause epileptic seizures

 (A) After 3 years, disconnection of anterior thalamic and striatal projections was associated with seizure freedom. Pie charts show patients being seizure free (green, ILAE 1) or seizure-relapsing (red, ILAE 2–6) according to each tract being disconnected or preserved. Each tract group includes the same tract in the left and right hemisphere. (B) Also, after 5 years, disconnection of anterior thalamic and striatal projections was associated with seizure freedom. Pie charts show patients being seizure free (green, ILAE 1) or seizure-relapsing (red, ILAE 2–6) according to each tract being disconnected or preserved.

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Patients who have these pathways disconnected record marked seizure-free periods of time in the long-term, according to new research.