title: Seizing upon mechanisms for impaired consciousness.
abstract: Transient loss of consciousness associated with focal temporal lobe seizures is a complex phenomenon with life-threatening repercussions. In this issue of Neuron, Motelow et al. (2015) describe decreased cholinergic drive and suppressed subcortical arousal in seizures as a novel mechanism for impaired cortical function.
authors: Stanford Neuroscience Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors: Zoya
authors: Z
authors: Farzampour
authors: Stanford Neuroscience Program, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA; Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: John.Huguenard@Stanford.Edu.
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Huguenard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal; D059329:Cholinergic Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D012640:Seizures / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology*
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