temporal lobe epilepsy

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporal,lobeandepilepsy

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temporal
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.əl/us
/ˈtem.pɚ.əl/
formal
relating to practical matters or physical things, rather than ...
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lobe
noun[C]
uk
/ləʊb/us
/loʊb/
anatomyspecialized
any part of an organ that seems to be separate in some way from the rest, especially one of the parts of the brain, lungs, ...
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epilepsy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈep.ɪ.lep.si/us
/ˈep.ə.lep.si/
a condition of the brain that causes a person to become unconscious for short periods or to move in a violent and ...
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(Definition oftemporal,lobeandepilepsyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A further interesting debate in the literature concerns the relationship of temporallobeepilepsyto psychiatric disorder.
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These results coincide with results demonstrating altered levels and distribution of aquaporin-4 in human temporallobeepilepsyspecimens.
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To investigate whether both types of glial cells are also present in human hippocampus, specimens were obtained through neurosurgical resection from patients with pharmaco-resistant temporallobeepilepsy.
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Amygdala lesion in temporallobeepilepsysubjects impairs associative learning of emotional facial expressions.
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There are also sensory seizures such as temporallobeepilepsywhich result in altered perception of the outer world and inappropriate behaviour.
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Another example concerns a drug which controls temporallobeepilepsy.
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It can also accompany sleep deprivation (often occurring when suffering from jet lag), migraine, epilepsy (especially temporallobeepilepsy), obsessive-compulsive disorder, stress, and anxiety.
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Diagnoses include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, syphilis, poisoning from swallowed paints, temporallobeepilepsy, and acute intermittent porphyria.
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According to one theory, he suffered from temporallobeepilepsyand may have been experiencing aspects of reality that the normal brain filters out.
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Up to one third of patients with medial temporallobeepilepsywill not have adequate seizure control with medication alone.
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Personality and behavioural change in temporallobeepilepsyis seen as a chronic condition when it persists for greater than three months.
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Micropsia often occurs as an aura signalling a seizure in patients with medial temporallobeepilepsy.
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Studies have indicated that nicotine can be used to help adults suffering from autosomal dominant nocturnal frontallobeepilepsy.
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There are many different causes of frontallobeepilepsyranging from genetics to head trauma that result in lesions in the frontal lobes.
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When she was sixteen, she suffered a severe convulsion and was diagnosed with having temporallobeepilepsy.
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Complex hallucinations are a relatively uncommon finding in temporallobeepilepsypatients.
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In one study, rats induced with temporallobeepilepsyshowed an increase in dopamine neural activity in the hippocampus.
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The hippocampus has been found to play a role in the occurrence of temporallobeepilepsyand schizophrenia.
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Temporallobeepilepsyis associated with memory disorders and loss of memory.
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