An update on the network theory of epilepsy

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We provide an understanding of the network theory of epilepsy based on an interpretation of temporal, spatial, spectral and connectivity evaluations of background intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings. The background intracranial EEG recordings were acquired from patients with medically intractable epilepsy undergoing evaluation for epilepsy surgery. We argue that our results suggest, in the main, the presence of a two-node network with one of the nodes being the seizure onset area, and the second the thalamus. We hypothesize seizures arise from the interaction of these two nodes under a specific set of circumstances.

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