Epilepsy and EEG | What the brain reveals

🧠 Insight: Two individuals can have the same clinical seizures, yet their EEGs may be completely different, which affects prognosis, risk of recurrence, and therapeutic strategy. This explains the difference between “controlled” and “pharmacoresistant” forms. EEG reflects not only the moment of the seizure but also the brain’s behavior between episodes. Between seizures, some brains retain residual electrical traces: spikes, sharp waves, or subtle asynchronies, indicating the degree of instability in neuronal networks.

📋 About epilepsy: Epilepsy is not a single disease, but rather an abnormal functioning of certain neuronal networks that become hyperexcitable and discharge excessively and synchronously. Causes can include genetic factors, brain lesions, inflammation, or metabolic imbalances, and a seizure is merely the visible manifestation of a persistent electrical instability in the brain.

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