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epilepsy

[ep-uh-lep-see] / ˈɛp əˌlɛp si /


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

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

Somebody who was managing this temporal lobe epilepsy, but also somebody who works in humanitarian aid field in this moment of unprecedented attacks against our aid workers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The recordings were made while patients undergoing epilepsy surgery were under general anesthesia.

From Science Daily Jun. 29, 2026

Campos said her 44-year-old mother has asthma, her 9-year-old brother has epilepsy, and her 68-year-old grandmother is battling cancer.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

In 1611, Barbara became ill with epilepsy and one of their three children died of smallpox.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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

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

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

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

There are accordingly more idiopathic epilepsies than there are idiopathic or "functional" psychoses, if the data of gross anatomy form a reliable index.

From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various




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