Zaveri, Hitten P.Schelter, BjoernSchevon, Catherine A.Jiruska, PremyslJefferys, John G. R.Worrell, GregorySchulze-Bonhage, AndreasJoshi, Rasesh B.Jirsa, ViktorGoodfellow, MarkMeisel, ChristianLehnertz, Klaus2021-03-192021-03-192020-05Zaveri, H P, Schelter, B, Schevon, C A, Jiruska, P, Jefferys, J G R, Worrell, G, Schulze-Bonhage, A, Joshi, R B, Jirsa, V, Goodfellow, M, Meisel, C & Lehnertz, K 2020, 'Controversies on the network theory of epilepsy : Debates held during the ICTALS 2019 conference', Seizure, vol. 78, pp. 78-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2020.03.0101059-1311https://hdl.handle.net/2164/16077Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the contributions of the discussants to the exposition and discussion of the six debate topics. The discussants for debates 1-6 were Fabrice Wendling, Mark Cook, Mark Richardson, Thorsten Rings, Klaus Lehnertz and Piotr Suffczynski, respectively. Funding for ICTALS 2019 was received from the following foundations and industry partners: UCB S.A. (Belgium), American Epilepsy Society (AES), Epilepsy Innovation Institute (Ei2) and Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA), NeuraLynx (Bozeman, MT, USA) and LivaNova (London, UK). The contribution of HZ was supported by award R01NS109062 from the National Institutes of Health, MG by the EPSRC via grants EP/P021417/1 and EP/N014391/1 and a Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Award (WT105618MA), and PJ by awards from the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic AZV 17-28427A and the Czech Science Foundation 20-25298S. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the United States government.82203817engEpileptic networkIctogenesisEpileptogenesisSeizure controlNodesEdgesPERFUSION CHANGESLONG-TERMHIGH-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONSRECURRENT SEIZURESBRAIN MODELSEVOLUTIONSEIZURE ONSET ZONEGLUTAMINE-SYNTHETASEMETHIONINE SULFOXIMINEFOCAL EPILEPSYR Medicine (General)Clinical NeurologyNeurologyEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)EP/P021417/1EP/N014391/1Wellcome TrustWT105618MAR1Journal article10.1016/j.seizure.2020.03.010http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082848832&partnerID=8YFLogxK78