Sleep fragmentation drives local, network-specific epileptic activity in human epilepsy
Birgit Frauscher, Alyssa Ho, Barbora Matoušková, Kassem Jaber, Tamir Avigdor, Erica Minato, John Thomas, Derek G. Southwell, Jeffery Alan Hall, David Carlson, Petr Klimeš, Laure Peter‐Derex, Sana Hannan
This study shows that sleep fragmentation increases local epileptic activity in specific brain regions without affecting broader network propagation.
bioRxiv · Sep 19, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience