Neural recruitment by ephaptic coupling in epilepsy.

Rajat S Shivacharan Chia-Chu ChiangXile WeiMuthumeenakshi SubramanianNicholas H CouturierNrupen PakalapatiDominique M Durand

Published in: Epilepsia (2021)

These results indicate that ephaptic coupling, a nonsynaptic mechanism, can underlie neural recruitment by a small electric field generated by seizure activity and could explain the low success rate of surgical transections in epilepsy patients.

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