Understanding the abnormal brain activity in epilepsy as a potential predictor of the onset of an epileptic seizure

Abstract

The Brain Research Institute (bri) uses various types of indirect measurements, including eeg and fmri, to understand and assess brain activity and function. As well as the recovery of generic information about brain function, research also focuses on the utilisation of such data and understanding to study the initiation, dynamics, spread and suppression of epileptic seizures. To assist with the future focussing of this aspect of their research, the bri asked the misg 2010 participants to examine how the available eeg and fmri data and current knowledge about epilepsy should be analysed and interpreted to yield an enhanced understanding about brain activity occurring before, at commencement of, during, and after a seizure. Though the deliberations of the study group were wide ranging in terms of the related matters considered and discussed, considerable progress was