In epilepsy, the therapeutic goal is to reduce the risk of seizure activity by raising theconvulsivethreshold.
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Evaluation ofconvulsiveand subconvulsive shock therapies utilizing a control group.
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Generalizedconvulsiveseizures induced by daily electrical stimulation of the amygdala in cats.
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Attending healthcare providers should be prepared to manage an acuteconvulsiveepisode with alternatives to oral medications, including the intravenous, intramuscular and intrarectal routes.
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In the case of a short-duration generalizedconvulsiveseizure or a partial or nonconvulsive seizure, it is probably best to wait.
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This process of commercialism was not a sudden break albeit it wasconvulsiveas well as evolutionary.
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Death may occur suddenly during aconvulsiveattack.
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It juxtaposes moments of serene stasis withconvulsive, seismic eruptions in its complex but closely argued development.
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I imagine that in their earliest years of practice they saw sufferers of severe psychiatric illness who were simply untreatable until the introduction of theconvulsivetherapies.
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Lower (1-2 mg) doses of bulbocapnine lead to catalepsy, whereas higher doses (4 - 5 mg) induced impulsive andconvulsivereactions.
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The work opens with a massive prelude, as a long string melody emerges fromconvulsivemovements in the bass, with chimed percussion adding a tingling gloss.
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Headup tilt for up to 45 minutes with or without carotid sinus massage may induce bradycardia and/or hypotension and thus help differentiateconvulsivesyncope from epilepsy.
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Whether we like it or not, there is aconvulsivespasm in the world capitalist system.
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