A seizure is a sudden change in behavior, movement, and/or consciousness due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Seizures can look different...
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Focal seizures (also called partial seizures and localized seizures) are seizures that affect initially only one hemisphere of the brain. The brain is...
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Epilepsy (redirect from Seizure disorder)
neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. An epileptic seizure is the clinical manifestation of an abnormal, excessive, and...
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The term seizure threshold is used to describe the balance between excitatory (glutaminergic) and inhibitory (GABA-ergic) forces in the brain which affect...
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A generalized tonic–clonic seizure, commonly known as a grand mal seizure or GTCS, is a type of generalized seizure that produces bilateral, convulsive...
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An atonic seizure (also called drop seizure, akinetic seizure, astatic seizure, or drop attack) is a type of seizure that consists of partial or complete...
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A febrile seizure, also known as a fever fit or febrile convulsion, is a seizure associated with a high body temperature but without any serious underlying...
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non-epileptic seizures (PNES), also referred to as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD), functional seizures, or dissociative seizures, are episodes...
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Absence seizures are one of several kinds of generalized seizures. In the past, absence epilepsy was referred to as "pyknolepsy," a term derived from...
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Ecstatic seizures, also known as ecstatic epilepsy or as Dostoevsky's epilepsy, are a rare type of epilepsy that involve seizures with an intensely blissful...
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Generally, seizures are observed in patients who do not have epilepsy. There are many causes of seizures. Organ failure, medication and medication withdrawal...
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Look up seizure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seizure may refer to: Seizure (album), a 1989 album by New Zealand musician Chris Knox Seizure (Cook...
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Temporal lobe epilepsy (redirect from Temporal lobe seizure)
unprovoked seizures from the temporal lobe. Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common type of focal onset epilepsy among adults. Seizure symptoms and...
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The Grand Mosque seizure, also known as the Siege of Calamity, was a siege that took place between 20 November and 4 December 1979 at the Grand Mosque...
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In the field of neurology, seizure types are categories of seizures defined by seizure behavior, symptoms, and diagnostic tests. The International League...
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Musicogenic seizure, also known as music-induced seizure, is a rare type of seizure, with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 10,000,000 individuals, that...
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Search and seizure is a procedure used in many civil law and common law legal systems by which police or other authorities and their agents, who, suspecting...
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Anticonvulsant (redirect from Anti-seizure)
antiseizure drugs, or anti-seizure medications (ASM)) are a diverse group of pharmacological agents used in the treatment of epileptic seizures. Anticonvulsants...
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Seizure is a 1974 horror film. It is the directorial debut of Oliver Stone, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Horror writer Edmund Blackstone (Jonathan...
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call is termed a seizure. The answer-seizure ratio is defined as 100 times the number of answered calls, i.e. the number of seizures resulting in an answer...
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Generalized epilepsy (redirect from Generalised seizure)
Generalized seizures can be either absence seizures, myoclonic seizures, clonic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures or atonic seizures. Generalized seizures occur...
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seizures are epileptic seizures that are consistently induced by a specific stimulus or trigger, making them distinct from other epileptic seizures,...
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is part of the Bill of Rights. It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements for issuing warrants: warrants must be issued by...
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A seizure response dog (SRD) (also known as seizure dog) is a dog demonstrating specific assisting behaviour during or immediately after a person's epileptic...
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Photosensitive epilepsy (redirect from Photosensitive seizure)
Photosensitive epilepsy (PSE) is a form of epilepsy in which seizures are triggered by visual stimuli that form patterns in time or space, such as flashing...
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Non-epileptic seizures (NES), also known as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic attack disorder (NEAD), functional seizures, or dissociative seizures, are paroxysmal...
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Dennō Senshi Porygon (redirect from Pokemon seizures)
16, 1997, a scene with flashing lights induced photosensitive epileptic seizures in children across the country. Over 600 children were taken to hospitals...
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Convulsion (section Epileptic seizures)
epileptic seizures typically include convulsions, the term convulsion is often used as a synonym for seizure. However, not all epileptic seizures result...
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The Night Train drug seizure was a December 1977 seizure of 54 tons of marijuana by the United States Coast Guard off the southeastern coast of Florida...
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Orgasmic epilepsy (redirect from Orgasmic seizure)
cases". Seizure. 13 (6): 441–444. doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2003.09.005. PMID 15276150. Chakravarty, A. (2020). "A Note on Ecstatic and Orgasmic Seizures". MIMICS...
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