Dysfunctional Brain Areas May Fuel Inattention in Absence Epilepsy

Major Finding: Functional magnetic resonance imaging correlated with EEG in children with absence epilepsy and matched healthy controls.

Data Source: Results from Continuous Performance Task test done by 34 children (aged 7 to 8 years) and 21 healthy controls

Disclosures: The study was supported by a National Institutes of Health, the Betsy and Jonathan Blattmachr family, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship. The authors reported no conflicts of interest.