Neurosurgeons Can Reduce the Unbearable Seizures Some Epileptics Experience by Severing

question 67

Multiple Choice

Neurosurgeons can reduce the unbearable seizures some epileptics experience by severing the

• A)hypothalamus.
• B)cerebellum.
• C)amygdala.
• D)corpus callosum.

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