Good morning, Jim Clark posted a message that indicated that neurosurgery is being used increasingly as a treatment for intractable epilepsy. I don't have a reference handy, but as I understand that procedure is not a split brain procedure. Rather the current approach is to identify the locus of the "irritation" within the cerebral cortex and then remove or isolate that locus.
Dennis Dennis M. Goff Professor of Psychology Randolph-Macon Woman's College [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I was curious, so did a little browsing. From, http://www.epilepsy.ca/eng/surgical.html ----------------start quote----------------- When is Surgery Necessary in the Treatment of Epilepsy? There are approximately 300,000 Canadians who suffer from epilepsy and about 40% have seizures that are not well controlled by medication. So brain surgery may be an alternative and it's being used more and more often. Improved technology has made it possible to identify, more accurately, where seizures originate in the brain, and advances in surgical techniques have made surgery much safer. As a result, doctors are turning to surgical intervention for those patients who qualify because there are some patients who don't respond to conventional drug therapy. ----------------end quote----------------- Another good site on split brain is (all one url): http://www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP /Split_Brain/Split_Brain_Consciousness.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
