Sentences with phrase «of abnormal electrical activity»

According to MedlinePlus, a seizure in humans is defined as «the physical findings or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain.»

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Absence seizures cause a short period of «blanking out» or staring into space, due to brief abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
They found that tissue with high levels of epileptic electrical activity was low in lactate and had higher levels of creatine, phosphocreatine and choline, suggestive of abnormal metabolism.
After two or more weeks of recording the activity, doctors program the device to specifically respond to these abnormal signals by delivering imperceptible electrical pulses to the brain that normalize the activity.
This slowing down of electrical activity put these hearts at greater risk of dangerous abnormal heart rhythms, such as atrial fibrillation.
A seizure is an abnormal burst of electrical activity in the brain.
ECGs record the electrical activity of the heart and can measure and diagnose abnormal rhythms of the heart and identify a damaged heart.
However, in some patients an additional and abnormal burst of electrical activity can occur which causes a fit.
The type of seizure produced depends on the location in the brain where the abnormal electrical activity occurs.
Arrhythmias are caused by abnormal electrical activity in the heart that affect the frequency, strength and regularity of the heartbeats.
Like seizures, the abnormal electrical activity responsible for heart arrhythmias can have a number of causes, including genetic, with some breeds predisposed to them.
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