Abstract
Epilepsy is a brain disorder affecting 0,5–1,0% of the population, characterised by recurrent seizures. Scizures are the result of excessive discharges of neo-or archi-cortical neurons firing in an abnormal synchrony. The symptomes and consequentes of seizures are determined by the function of the brain region from which the abnormal discharge originates, by the degree of spread to other structures of the brain, and by the quantity and ratio of excitatory and inhibitory neurons participating. Scizures are only the tip of the iceberg represented by the disease process itself about which a growing body of knowledge has become available.
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Halász, P., Rásonyi, G. (2004). Neuroprotection and Epilepsy. In: Vécsei, L. (eds) Frontiers in Clinical Neuroscience. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 541. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8969-7_6
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