Patients
Clinics
UNC Neurology Epilepsy operates out of two major clinics: the Adult Epilepsy Clinic at Meadowmont, Chapel Hill, and the Pediatric Epilepsy Clinic on Farrington Road, Chapel Hill.
Services
Continuous EEG: This is like a long movie of your brainwaves. It records your brain activity for a longer period, often for days.
Continuous EEG allows doctors to see how your brain activity changes over time, which can be very helpful in understanding seizures.
Evoked potential tests can help doctors diagnose conditions that affect your nervous system, such as multiple sclerosis or nerve damage.
Functional corticography and language mapping minimize the risk of surgical complications. By carefully mapping and avoiding important brain areas, surgeons can reduce the risk of post-surgical complications like speech problems.
The Wada test is help surgeons plan brain surgeries, especially those involving areas of the brain important for language and memory.
Ictal SPECT scans help doctors pinpoint the location of the seizure, which is important for planning epilepsy surgery. The scan can be helpful in cases where other tests, such as EEGs, have not clearly identified where in the brain the seizures are occurring.