title: Spreading depression: epilepsy's wave of death.
abstract: Seizures may trigger spreading depression in brainstem nuclei, leading to central cardiorespiratory collapse and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (Aiba and Noebels, this issue).
authors: Aix Marseille Université, Inserm, INS UMR_S 1106, 13005 Marseille France. christophe.bernard@univ-amu.fr.
authors: Christophe
authors: C
authors: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003645:Death, Sudden; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology*