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ArticleBrain communications2025

Anti-seizure medication tapering correlates with daytime delta band power reduction in the cortex.

Guillermo M Besné, Nathan Evans, Mariella Panagiotopoulou, Billy Smith, Fahmida A Chowdhury, Beate Diehl, John S Duncan, Andrew W McEvoy, Anna Miserocchi, Jane de Tisi and 4 more

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Article in Brain communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Guillermo M BesnéCNNP Lab (www.cnnp-lab.com), School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG, UK.
Nathan EvansCNNP Lab (www.cnnp-lab.com), School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG, UK.
Mariella PanagiotopoulouCNNP Lab (www.cnnp-lab.com), School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG, UK.
Billy SmithCNNP Lab (www.cnnp-lab.com), School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG, UK.
Fahmida A ChowdhuryUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
Beate DiehlUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
John S DuncanUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-0681
Andrew W McEvoyUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
Anna MiserocchiUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
Jane de TisiUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
Matthew C WalkerUCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 3BG, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-0352
Peter N TaylorCNNP Lab (www.cnnp-lab.com), School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG, UK.
Chris ThorntonCNNP Lab (www.cnnp-lab.com), School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG, UK.
Yujiang WangCNNP Lab (www.cnnp-lab.com), School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 5TG, UK.

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-seizure medications are the primary treatment for epilepsy; yet medication tapering effects have not been investigated in a dose, region and time-dependent manner, despite their potential impact on research and clinical practice. We examined over 3000 h of intracranial EEG recordings in 32 subjects during long-term monitoring, of which 22 underwent concurrent anti-seizure medication tapering. We estimated anti-seizure medication plasma levels based on known pharmaco-kinetics of all the major anti-seizure medication types. We found an overall decrease in the power of delta band (

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anti-epileptic drugsbiomarkerneurophysiology

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PMID40008324
PMCPMC11851006

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