Doctors Develop Surgical Cure for Epilepsy by Watching the Brain at Work

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Dr. Dennis Spencer, Chair of Neurosurgery at the Yale School of Medicine, describes new surgical techniques that cure epilepsy in some patients. Developing these epilepsy treatments has led physicians to a much more detailed understanding of the brain's structure and function. This offers hope to patients with a broad range of brain disorders. Spencer, who is the Kate and Harvey Cushing Professor of Neurosurgery at Yale, says the knowledge they have developed could contribute to treatments for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or traumatic brain injuries.

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