A discovery from Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic researchers could provide epilepsy patients invaluable advance guidance about their chances to improve symptoms through surgery.
Assistant Professor of Neurosciences Roberto Fernández Galán, PhD, and his collaborators have identified a new, far more accurate way to determine precisely what portions of the brain suffer from the condition. This information can give patients and physicians better information regarding whether temporal lobe surgery will provide the results they seek.
“Our analysis of neuronal activity in the temporal lobe allows us to determine whether it is diseased, and therefore, whether removing it with surgery will be beneficial for the patient,” Galán said, the paper’s senior author. “In terms of accuracy and efficiency, our analysis method is a significant improvement relative to current approaches.”
