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Epileptic attacks are thought to be due to the synchronous discharge of a very large number of brain cells. A seizure occurs when enough cells have been recruited to disrupt the normal, patterned, asynchronous activity in the brain that underlies the organized mental and motor behavior of an intact individual. On the basis of this theory, treatment in some severe cases has been to cut the corpus callosum (the connection between the two hemispheres) to prevent the spreading buildup (or recruitment) from one side of the brain to the other.
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Vandenberg, S.G., Singer, S.M., Pauls, D.L. (1986). Hereditary Influences on Epileptic Conditions. In: The Heredity of Behavior Disorders in Adults and Children. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5071-2_5
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