[Epilepsy and neural science. Critical review]

The nature of, and the knowledge about epilepsy, still under discussion is based upon clinical and experimental data, gathered from the last century until the present date and accepted now as scientific knowledge. The epileptic phenomenon interpreted as the outcome of a disturbance of the central regulation, of neuronal excitation and of the cerebral electric and biochemical equilibrium, is still subject of permanent study and review. From a cybernetic point of view, the epileptic fit can appear as the first expression of an abnormal organization process, or as the outcome of an electrical disturbance within a neuronal regulation circuit. This article is an attempt to review such concepts and to analyze their clinical implications.