DBS for refractory epilepsy: is closed-loop stimulation of the medial septum the way forward?
Author(s) -
Vincent Magloire,
Gabriele Lignani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
brain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.142
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1460-2156
pISSN - 0006-8950
DOI - 10.1093/brain/awab051
Subject(s) - deep brain stimulation , optogenetics , stimulation , neuroscience , epilepsy , gabaergic , closed loop , psychology , medicine , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , disease , control engineering , parkinson's disease , engineering
This scientific commentary refers to ‘Closed-loop stimulation of the medial septum terminates epileptic seizures’, by Takeuchi et al. (doi:10.1093/brain/awaa450), and ‘Medial septal GABAergic neurons reduce seizure duration upon optogenetic closed-loop stimulation’, by Hristova et al. (doi:10.1093/brain/awab042).
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