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audiogenic seizure

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audiogenic seizure

[¦ȯd·ē·ō¦jēn·ik ′sē·zhər]
(medicine)
A transient episode of muscular, sensory, or psychic dysfunction induced by sound.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Furthermore, some analogs of [alpha]-pinene prevent the audiogenic seizures in susceptible rats (Consroe et al., 1981).
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The researchers also point out that previous mouse studies have implicated the modifier gene on chromosome 4 in audiogenic seizures, another form of epilepsy.
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