Friday, April 26, 2019

Trigger region found for absence epileptic seizures

Scientists have discovered a neurological origin for absence seizures -- a type of seizure characterized by very short periods of lost consciousness in which people appear to stare blankly at nothing. Using a mouse model of childhood epilepsy, a team showed that absence epilepsy can be triggered by impaired communication between two brain regions: the cortex and the striatum.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2IY1Wan

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