Local Cooling: A Therapy for Intractable Neocortical Epilepsy

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

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.