Study of brain activity during epilepsy testing using SEEG
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This study maps how thinking and memory work by recording brain signals during a presurgical epilepsy workup. It may help doctors better understand drug-resistant focal epilepsy and improve how they plan treatment.
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Who can take part
- You have drug-resistant focal epilepsy (seizures that keep happening despite medicine).
- Your doctors already plan a SEEG brain-recording procedure to help with presurgical assessment.
- You can provide written agreement (you’re not opposed to joining the study).
- You can understand and complete cognitive tasks during the study.
- You are not currently in legal protection arrangements that limit decision-making and you are not unable to participate due to being deprived of liberty.
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