Epilepsy
Conditions
Interventions
Participants: Patients with epilepsy implanted with chronic subdural or depth electrodes for epileptogenic focus surgery. Duration: 2 ~ 4 weeks (1~3 hours / day) Study: Measuring neural activities f
Sponsors
Jichi Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. In a good condition after the surgery. 2. Obtained informed consent from the patient
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. When the patient seems unfit to participate in the study such as restlessness and disturbance of consciousness.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The neural activities during cognitive tasks and the behavioral performances of the cognitive tasks by stimulation of the cortex will be evaluated. The evaluation will be performed before epileptogenic focus resection surgery (~4 weeks). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactKensuke Kawai
Jichi Medical University Department of neurosurgery
Outcome results
None listed