William Mebane
Marcia Kebbon, Plum Reps
Can preventing seizures alter the course of autism?
Kevin Lightner, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City. Can Preventing Seizures Alter the Course of Autism? September 2019. 12-year-old Kevin Lightner has autism and has had seizures since he was 8 years old. Neurosurgeon Saadi Ghatan implanted a ‘responsive neurostimulation device’ that will learn to recognize what kind of brain activity precedes Kevin’s seizures and discharge electrical pulses to prevent them.
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