An international team of scientists has joined forces to conduct a large-scale experiment to identify common pathologies inherent in different types of epilepsy. Thus, it was possible to identify a number of unifying factors.

For decades, the scientific community has been talking about a steady increase in the percentage of people suffering from a neurological disease such as epilepsy.. The accelerating rhythms of life and the growing load on the brain cause a trend towards an increase in the incidence.

Scientists have not yet been able to develop methods for one hundred percent treatment and prevention of seizures.. Therefore, the research of the international group aroused wide interest..

After a mass experiment involving more than two thousand volunteers, scientists were able to identify the characteristic and unifying signs of the disease.. It turned out that in all patients in the brain, the volume of the right part of the thalamus and the precentral gyrus was significantly reduced.. In addition, the layer of gray matter in the cerebral cortex is much thinner than in healthy people.. Thus, it becomes possible to develop methods of diagnosis and treatment.

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