title: Local Cooling: A Therapy for Intractable Neocortical Epilepsy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rothman
authors.forename: Xiao-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Yang