ArticlesThe Mathematics of Seizures
Doctoral student Roxana Contreras built mathematical models to simulate synchronization in seizures. “That might give you some idea of the underlying mechanisms causing all of this activity,” Bahar explains. From this research her team concluded that an increase in synchronization occurs during seizures. Such information could lead to the development of an implantable device to help regulate synchronization in epilepsy patients.
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The Physics of Seizures
Sonya Bahar
Associate Professor, Biophysics
UM St. Louis
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Related Links
- Bahar’s Departmental Website
- The Center for Neurodynamics
- Journal of Biological Physics, co-edited by Bahar
- “The Biological Physicist,” newsletter edited by Bahar
- “Intrinsic Optical Signal Imaging of Neocortical Seizures: The 'Epileptic Dip,’” by Bahar
- Chapter by Bahar in Bioimaging in Neurodegeneration
- Collaboration on the Eye-tracking Study