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Q: Electrical Capacitor
asked by: dserbis on June 15th, 2004
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Instead of placing electrodes on the surface of the brain of a patient to find out where his seizures are originating, so the connections in that area can be cut in the hope of a cure, it wouldn't be more efficient to "absorb" the electricity using a device similar to an electrical capacitor?
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SleepyJen
replied on June 17th, 2004
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I'm not sure what you mean. Can you explain in detail please?
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sami_1982
replied on June 18th, 2004
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I think that they mean.....
Wouldnt it be better to place suctioncaps in to the brain to capture the electricity. Instead of cut the brain, and cause unwanted damage. When if you capture the current like a net. You could prehaps phase it out before it went to a further part of the brain.

Like with the eeg the electrodes flow to the computer through electrodes. Im probably making no sense here, like trying to earth you instead of make you static.
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SleepyJen
replied on June 18th, 2004
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So this would be a treatment to replace surgical resection (or would it be part of the evaluation before resection)? How would it detect the excess electroactivity? An outside unit I suppose? What about deep sources? (cuts would still need to be made then). Would these be left inside the head long term? How would it control just how much current was being "absorbed"? Even during normal brain function neurons fire up to once per millisecond. Current in the brain is vital to life. I obviously just don't understand what is being proposed here.
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sami_1982
replied on June 19th, 2004
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Well I supose it would still be a surgery. I guess it would be a lesser amount again who could have the surgery. My understanding is that it would cap the neurons where there was a focus on the mri scans, like suction that area. Question . And we know that not all of us know the reasons for having seizures. 70 % of epilepsy is still unknown cases. Sleepyjen I am just as confused as you are now. Confused
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