Questions and Answers
What can cause intracerebral hemorrhage?
Hypertension
What is the result of an embolism?
Lodging in a smaller vessel
What is the role of glutamate in ischemic brain damage?
Excessive release of glutamate when blood vessels are blocked
What can cause subarachnoid hemorrhage?
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What does arteriosclerosis lead to?
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What type of seizure is characterized by complex psychological phenomena and often originates in the temporal lobes?
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Which type of seizure involves convulsions, loss of consciousness, equilibrium, and can lead to hypoxia?
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Which type of seizure is more common in children and is characterized by a disruption of consciousness and a vacant look with fluttering eyelids?
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Which type of seizure involves mostly sensory or motor symptoms, and may be known as 'Jacksonian seizures'?
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In which type of seizure do focal discharges spread to the entire brain, and it may begin in the thalamus?
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