Publications by authors named "Ivory Fu"
Article Synopsis
- Patients with focal temporal lobe seizures often lose consciousness, showing brain activity similar to deep sleep.
- Previous studies in rats suggest that reduced arousal in the brain leads to decreased brain function during these seizures, but they didn't connect this to conscious behavior.
- In this study using awake mice, researchers found that seizures affect behavior, particularly responses to sounds, by altering acetylcholine levels in the brain, highlighting the link between reduced brain activity and loss of consciousness during these episodes.
