Spreading depression: epilepsy's wave of death.
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Abstract
Seizures may trigger spreading depression in brainstem nuclei, leading to central cardiorespiratory collapse and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (Aiba and Noebels, this issue).
Medical subject headings
- Action Potentials
- Brain Stem
- Death, Sudden
- Heart Arrest