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Ivan Rektor, EAN 2018 – Large-scale brain network functional connectivity and music in epilepsy

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Published Online: Jun 28th 2018

Ivan Rektor (EAN Programme Committee; Professor of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Central European Institute of Technology [CEITEC], Neuroscience Centre, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic) provides a fascinating update on his research examining large-scale brain network functional connectivity and the effect of music on epilepsy.

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1. Could you tell us a little about your research in the examination of large-scale brain network functional connectivity? (0:12)
2. How has this work impacted on our understanding of epilepsy? (1:58)
3. Could you tell us a little on the studies that have been performed on the effect on music on epilepsy? (3:03)

Speaker disclosure: Ivan Rektor has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Filmed at the 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), Lisbon, Portugal, June 2018.

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