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epilepsy

[ep-uh-lep-see] / ˈɛp əˌlɛp si /


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Other types could include conditions that can co-occur with autism, such as ADHD, depression and epilepsy.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

It remains widely prescribed for epilepsy, nerve pain and anxiety.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

But life at home is very different from the years when his epilepsy was uncontrolled.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Rapamycin reversed abnormal patterns of gene expression involving autism, epilepsy, and ion channel function.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

It has been suggested that Vincent van Gogh may have suffered from a form of epilepsy and that his disease may have led him to have the many visions...

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

In contrast to many of the focal epilepsies, it is the inhibitory response of interneurons that fuels absence seizures.

From Nature Jul. 8, 2014

But dentate gating seems to break down in temporal-lobe epilepsies affecting the hippocampus, resulting in unrestrained, synchronized firing of granule cells.

From Nature Jul. 8, 2014

Indeed, many epilepsies resemble a perverse imitation of normal activity for a given brain structure — and these lead to some of the distinctions between the pathology and activity associated with different epileptic disorders.

From Nature Jul. 8, 2014

Electrophysiology insights could guide more sophisticated monitoring of cortical epilepsies and possibly other focal epilepsies as well.

From Nature Jul. 8, 2014

Investigation of the content of the consciousness of the different kinds of epilepsies from this point of view will doubtless bring to light some interesting information.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.




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