Fits of rapture

• Autores: Anil Ananthaswamy
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2953, 2014, págs. 44-47
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ananthaswamy talks about epileptic seizure. Epileptic seizures are broadly divided into two groups: generalized and focal. In generalized sizures, electrical discharges overwhelm the outer layer of the brain, the cortex, and often lead to loss of consciousness. Ecstatic seizures seem to be of the second kind. In focal or partial epilepsy the electrical storm is confined to a small region of the brain and the person usually remains conscious. This type of seizure can turn into a generalized one if the errant electrical signals spread.