Dear Users

This afternoon (from 4 pm in B020) Michael Mackay, University of Newcastle, will give an external project proposal presentation on "Biomarkers of cortical epilepsy".

Abstract: Epilepsy is one of the most common neuronal disorders affecting approximately 50 million people worldwide. Almost 30% of patients are refractory to anticonvulsant medication. In focal epilepsy, when seizure-freedom is not achieved using anticonvulsant drugs, resective surgery can be considered as a therapeutic option. However resective surgery is not without its risks, and depending on the type of surgery up to 50% of patients will have no improvement in their symptoms. The aim of this research is to improve outcomes in epilepsy surgery using high frequency oscillations in magnetoencephalography as a non-invasive biomarker of the epileptogenic zone, and through modelling of neocortical epilepsy using subject-specific structural connectivity data derived from tractography and performing in silico surgery to predict ideal surgical intervention.

Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be available after the seminar.

Best wishes Rebecca