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Epileptology Lab
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A lab dedicated to thoroughly studying epilepsy, a disease of the brain.

AboutAbout the lab
Delving deep into epilepsy as a disease.
The Epileptology Lab at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine sets out to master epilepsy as a disease.
Epilepsy is a disease in which the brain's excitation, that is, seizures, occurs repeatedly.
The lab's website says that with the latest treatment, many patients can lead ordinary lives.
Patients have many concerns besides seizures, and the lab says it works together with them to resolve those as well.
Key terms
- Epilepsy
- Epilepsy: a disease in which excitation of the brain occurs repeatedly as seizures
- Seizure
- Seizure: an episode of excitation in the brain. What characterizes epilepsy is that these occur repeatedly
NewsLab news
A doctoral student won second place in the Data Blitz at the Asian Oceanian epilepsy society meeting
A student won the top award at the MiTOHOKU report meeting
ResearchResearch themes
Epilepsy is a disease in which excitation of the brain occurs repeatedly, and it is said that with the latest treatment many patients can lead ordinary lives. The lab aims to master epilepsy as a disease and also says it works to resolve patients' concerns other than seizures.
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Members of the Epileptology Lab include faculty, hospital staff physicians, doctoral and master's students, residents, graduate research students, special research students, and administrative assistants. Faculty from other departments, such as the Medical Education Promotion Center and Neurosurgery, also join the staff.
- Concurrent ProfessorHiroaki Tomita
- Associate ProfessorKazutaka Jin
- LecturerKazushi Ukishiro
- Assistant ProfessorMayu Fujikawa
- Assistant ProfessorMaimi Ogawa
- Associate ProfessorYosuke Kakisaka
- Project Assistant ProfessorMakoto Ishida
- Assistant ProfessorShinichiro Osawa
- Professor Emeritus / Tsec Professor / ASPIME Specially Appointed ProfessorNobukazu Nakasato
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