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. 2003 Sep;3(5):153-156.
doi: 10.1046/j.1535-7597.2003.03501.x.

Local Cooling: A Therapy for Intractable Neocortical Epilepsy

Steven Rothman  1 , Xiao-Feng Yang
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Local Cooling: A Therapy for Intractable Neocortical Epilepsy

Steven Rothman et al. Epilepsy Curr. 2003 Sep.

Abstract

Therapy for many of the neocortical epilepsies remains unsatisfactory. Recent research has demonstrated that focal cooling, using thermoelectric (Peltier) devices, may be capable of terminating, or possibly even preventing, some types of seizures.

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Example of a small thermoelectric cooling device used in research on seizure control. Arrow, one of the individual semiconductors, which is attached to the two ceramic wafers.
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