The Decision to Treat "Terminal" Epilepsy Patients with Commissurotomy Was

question 9

Multiple Choice

The decision to treat "terminal" epilepsy patients with commissurotomy was made on the basis of previous comparative studies that had shown that

• A) epileptic discharges spread from one hemisphere to the other via the corpus callosum.
• B) commissurotomy has little disruptive effect on behavior outside contrived laboratory situations.
• C) commissurotomy eliminates seizure discharges.
• D) all of the above
• E) both A and B

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