CURRY NeuroTalks Webinar 7

We proudly present the CURRY Webinar series, NeuroTalks, focusing on sharing research and clinical practices around epilepsy and other primary brain disorders, facilitating communications
among scientists and clinicians and inspiring new advancements within their fields.

Expansive epilepsy networks: Can we target common nodes before the damage is done?
June 26, 2026 (11:00am – 11:45am PST, 2.00pm – 2.45pm ET)

Jurriaan M Peters, MD, PhD
Director, Localization Laboratory – www.localization-lab.com
Division of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology, Boston Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Summary: Focal lesions can cause secondarily generalized seizures, through local, regional, and then global propagation of epileptic activity. Another pathophysiologic mechanism -over time- is via projection onto existing healthy brain networks, rendering them dysfunctional and even epileptogenic. In this model of “secondary network epilepsy”, the original lesion may still drive the seizures, but the focus is masked by synchronized diffuse EEG activity. Now, the seizures are no longer distinguishable from non-lesional etiologies. In this presentation we will review recent insights in focal epileptogenesis, its progression towards diffuse epileptic encephalopathy, and the potential for network-based treatment targets.

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