The Surgery of Epilepsy
- 1 July 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery
- Vol. 7 (4) , 337-346
- https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1950.7.4.0337
Abstract
On the basis of clinical studies, the authors suggest that "the epileptogenic firing point" is not invariably located in or just subjacent to the cerebral cortex, but that it may reside in deeper-lying nuclei. The activity may spread to the cortex in a variable manner, contributing to the difficulty in identifying a cortical firing point responsible for convulsive seizures and accounting for the frequent failure of specific surgery directed against epilepsy.Keywords
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