Abstract
Debates on six controversial topics on the network theory of epilepsy were held during two debate sessions, as part of the International Conference for Technology and Analysis of Seizures, 2019 (ICTALS 2019) convened at the University of Exeter, UK, September 2-5 2019. The debate topics were (1) From pathologic to physiologic: is the epileptic network part of an existing large-scale brain network? (2) Are micro scale recordings pertinent for defining the epileptic network? (3) From seconds to years: do we need all temporal scales to define an epileptic network? (4) Is it necessary to fully define the epileptic network to control it? (5) Is controlling seizures sufficient to control the epileptic network? (6) Does the epileptic network want to be controlled? This article, written by the organizing committee for the debate sessions and the debaters, summarizes the arguments presented during the debates on these six topics.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 78-85 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Seizure |
Volume | 78 |
Early online date | 19 Mar 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2020 |
Event | International Conference for Technology and Analysis of Seizures, 2019 (ICTALS2019) - University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom Duration: 2 Sept 2019 → 5 Sept 2019 |
Bibliographical note
AcknowledgementsWe would like to acknowledge the contributions of the discussants to the exposition and discussion of the six debate topics. The discussants for debates 1-6 were Fabrice Wendling, Mark Cook, Mark Richardson, Thorsten Rings, Klaus Lehnertz and Piotr Suffczynski, respectively. Funding for ICTALS 2019 was received from the following foundations and industry partners: UCB S.A. (Belgium), American Epilepsy Society (AES), Epilepsy Innovation Institute (Ei2) and Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA), NeuraLynx (Bozeman, MT, USA) and LivaNova (London, UK). The contribution of HZ was supported by award R01NS109062 from the National Institutes of Health, MG by the EPSRC via grants EP/P021417/1 and EP/N014391/1 and a Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Award (WT105618MA), and PJ by awards from the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic AZV 17-28427A and the Czech Science Foundation 20-25298S. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the United States government.
Keywords
- Epileptic network
- Ictogenesis
- Epileptogenesis
- Seizure control
- Nodes
- Edges
- PERFUSION CHANGES
- LONG-TERM
- HIGH-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS
- RECURRENT SEIZURES
- BRAIN MODELS
- EVOLUTION
- SEIZURE ONSET ZONE
- GLUTAMINE-SYNTHETASE
- METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE
- FOCAL EPILEPSY