Jacob Taylor Why do Seizures Cause Loss of Consciousness ?
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s 44. Meeren HKM, Pijn JPM, Van Luijtelaar ELJM, Coenen AML, da Silva FHL. 2002. Cortical focus drives widespread corticothalamic networks during spontaneous absence seizures in rats. J Neurosci
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