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Out of thin air: Hyperventilation-triggered seizures

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BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 1703, Issue -, Pages 41-52

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DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2017.12.037

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Epilepsy; Respiration; Seizure; Circuit; Thalamus; pH

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  1. [R01NS099586]

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Voluntary hyperventilation triggers seizures in the vast majority of people with absence epilepsy. The mechanisms that underlie this phenomenon remain unknown. Herein, we review observations - many made long ago - that provide insight into the relationship between breathing and absence seizures. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.

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