Scientists explore link with epilepsy and brain cooling
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Scientists explore link with epilepsy and brain cooling

Stacey Atkinson Matron/manager, Inpatient services for people with learning disabilities, St Mary’s Hospital, Leeds

Focal cooling is a method of cooling specific areas of the brain. If these areas are focal points for the development of epileptic seizures, it is hoped that methods of focal cooling can prevent seizures occurring.

Learning Disability Practice. 20, 6, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/ldp.20.6.11.s11

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