Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurology, University of Virginia
Secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures are dangerous because they increase the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and injuries. In order to understand the pathophysiology of generalized seizures, circuits generating and propagating them must be delineated first. My research is focused on mapping the seizure circuit, using novel neuronal activity mapping techniques combined with CLARITY, high resolution imaging, and local field potential recordings to reveal a more complex circuit of motor seizures than previously thought.
Seizures can cause memory loss, and brain-mapping research suggests one reason why
Feb 02, 2022 08:54 am UTC| Health
Epilepsy is a disease marked by recurrent seizures, or sudden periods of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. One in 26 people in the U.S. will develop epilepsy at some point in their life....