People with Severe, Uncontrollable Epilepsy, Who Have Frequent Grand Mal

question 84

Multiple Choice

People with severe, uncontrollable epilepsy, who have frequent grand mal seizures, have been helped by an operation that _____

• A)severs the communication between hemispheres.
• B)removes excitatory neurons.
• C)severs the substantia nigra and basal ganglia.
• D)removes most of the right hemisphere.

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