epilepsy
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"For anybody affected by epilepsy, it is important to try to identify triggers," added Dr Sidhu.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
It remains widely prescribed for epilepsy, nerve pain and anxiety.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Lila also had severe hydrocephalus, external, epilepsy and was registered blind and deaf.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
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
In contrast to many of the focal epilepsies, it is the inhibitory response of interneurons that fuels absence seizures.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
The mechanism underlying seizures known as absence epilepsies is rather different.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
Still, about 30% of epilepsies do not respond to pharmaceuticals, which prompted the search for alternative treatments.
From Nature ● Jul. 8, 2014
And it is probable, that the violent pains, which induce convulsions in painful epilepsies, are produced in the same manner, from a more sensible part sympathizing with a diseased one of less sensibility.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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