ECSTATIC AND GELASTIC SEIZURES RELATE TO THE HYPOTHALAMUS

Ecstatic and gelastic seizures relate to the hypothalamus

Ecstatic seizures constitute a rare form of epilepsy, and the semiology is diverse.Previously, brain areas including the temporal lobe and the insula have been identified to be involved in clinical expression.The aim of this report is to review changes in ecstatic seizures in a patient before and after operation of a hypothalamic hamartoma, and to

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Impaired consciousness due to injury of the ascending reticular activating system in a patient with bilateral pontine infarction: A case report

The ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) is known to play an essential role in maintaining arousal and consciousness.In this report, we describe the case of a patient with impaired consciousness due to injury of the ARAS after bilateral pontine infarction.A 73-year-old female patient presented with anterior chest pain to the Emergency Depar

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Instabilities on Alpine temperate glaciers: new insights arising from the numerical modelling of Allalingletscher (Valais, Switzerland)

The processes leading to a glacier instability depend on the thermal properties of the contact between the glacier and its bedrock.Assessing the stability of finish line thia cal temperate glacier (i.e.the glacier can slide on its bedrock) remains problematic.In order to scrutinize in more detail the processes governing such "sliding" instabilities

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Legal gender marker and name change is associated with lower negative emotional response to gender-based mistreatment and improve mental health outcomes among trans populations

Background: In recent years, Massachusetts (MA) and china glaze holee shift Rhode Island (RI) joined a growing list of states allowing residents to easily change the gender marker and name on government-identification (ID) documents.This was an important change for transgender and gender diverse (trans) residents, who face frequent mistreatment and

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