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Understanding epilepsy.


The Epilepsy epilepsy, a chronic disorder of cerebral function characterized by periodic convulsive seizures. There are many conditions that have epileptic seizures. Sudden discharge of excess electrical activity, which can be either generalized (involving many areas of cells in  Foundation of Michigan Michigan (mĭsh`ĭgən), upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E). , based in Southfield, will use a $10,000 grant from the Metro Health Foundation for a new public-safety Initiative aimed at dispelling the stigmas and misconceptions Misconceptions is an American sitcom television series for The WB Network for the 2005-2006 season that never aired. It features Jane Leeves, formerly of Frasier, and French Stewart, formerly of 3rd Rock From the Sun.  associated with epilepsy in the law-enforcement community.

The Police and Security Education Project will train some 900 law-enforcement officials and security personnel in the tri-county area to recognize the symptoms of epilepsy, especially complex partial seizures complex partial seizure
n.
Psychomotor epilepsy.


complex partial seizure Complex seizure, partial complex seizure Neurology A brief, temporary seizure with multiple elaborate sensory, motor, or psychic components;
 that affect a person's ability to respond to police direction.
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