Epilepsy as a Disease of the Dynamics of NeuronalNetworks — Models and Predictions

摘要

In this chapter I consider some general principles of how the transition to anepileptic seizure (ictus) takes place from a relatively normal state (interictal) ofbrain activity. It is well known that epileptic patients do not seize all the time, sothat there are periods where the patient is free of seizures, which fortunately arevery long, as a rule, and relative short episodes where seizures occur. Therefore atheory that has the objective of explaining why and how seizures occur should alsoexplain why the same brain can demonstrate long periods without seizures.