Two cases of beneficial side effects from chronic electrical stimulation for treatment of focal epilepsy

Brain Stimul. 2019 Jul-Aug;12(4):1077-1079. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.03.077. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Authors

Keith Starnes¹, Benjamin H Brinkmann², David Burkholder¹, Jamie Van Gompel³, Matt Stead¹, Brian Nils Lundstrom⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
³ Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30981622
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.03.077

No abstract available

Keywords: Brain stimulation; Cortical stimulation; Drug-resistant epilepsy; Focal epilepsy; Invasive stimulation; Neuromodulation.

Publication types

Letter