Controversies on the network theory of epilepsy: Debates held during the ICTALS 2019 conference

Hitten P. Zaveri, Bjoern Schelter, Catherine A. Schevon, Premysl Jiruska, John G. R. Jefferys, Gregory Worrell, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, Rasesh B. Joshi, Viktor Jirsa, Mark Goodfellow, Christian Meisel, Klaus Lehnertz*

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)78-85
Number of pages8
JournalSeizure
Volume78
Early online date19 Mar 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2020
EventInternational Conference for Technology and Analysis of Seizures, 2019 (ICTALS2019) - University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Sept 20195 Sept 2019

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Acknowledgements
We 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

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