Controlling mechanism of absence seizures by deep brain stimulus applied on subthalamic nucleus

Cogn Neurodyn. 2018 Feb;12(1):103-119. doi: 10.1007/s11571-017-9457-x. Epub 2017 Oct 20.

Abstract

Based on a classical model of the basal ganglia thalamocortical network, in this paper, we employed a type of the deep brain stimulus voltage on the subthalamic nucleus to study the control mechanism of absence epilepsy seizures. We found that the seizure can be well controlled by turning the period and the duration of current stimulation into suitable ranges. It is the very interesting bidirectional periodic adjustment phenomenon. These parameters are easily regulated in clinical practice, therefore, the results obtained in this paper may further help us to understand the treatment mechanism of the epilepsy seizure.

Keywords: DBS; SWDs; Subthalamic nucleus.