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Seizures Summary
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Seizures A temporary series of uncontrollable muscle spasms brought on by unusual electrical activity in the brain. Also known as convulsion, clonic seizure, or tonic-clonic seizure. A seizure is characterized by a sudden episode of un- controllable...
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Seizures of Drugs Summary
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The seizure of drugs is a salient consequence of a variety of U.S. enforcement programs, but particularly of interdiction. It provides evidence that the U.S. criminal-justice system is imposing costs on drug distribution. A large seizure offers the...
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Seizure : Biological Psychology
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A sudden, temporally restricted, involuntary change in behaviour, caused by abnormal electrical discharge of neurons in the central nervous system, and characterized by alterations in motor activity or CONSCIOUSNESS. The precise symptoms depend on the...
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Convulsions : Biological Psychology
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A convulsion is a sudden, quite violent, involuntary contraction of the skeletal MUSCLES. Convulsions are often described as being TONIC or CLONIC. They may be present during epileptic seizures (see EPILEPSY) and are often seen, in rodents, immediately...
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Seizure Information
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A seizure is a temporary abnormal electro-physiologic phenomenon of the brain, resulting in abnormal synchronization of electrical neuronal activity. It can manifest as an alteration in mental state, tonic or clonic movements, convulsions, and various...
 


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The Washington Post
Seizure on the Metro
09/28/1997: 936 words, approx. 3 pages
The book dropped from the man's hands as his body began to jerk. There was a clicking sound. He kept biting the air and twitching his face. I stared for a few seconds, trying to understand what was happening. His arms clawed out into...
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Law & Order
Seizure defined
11/01/2002: 1,123 words, approx. 4 pages
As a general rule, officers can speak with individuals without such conversations becoming a seizure for Fourth Amendment purposes. It is when officers restrain the liberty of a suspect (or create the appearance of doing so) that the contact starts to be a seizure....
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What is a seizure?
7/31/2007: 340 words, approx. 1 pages
A seizure is like a little storm in the brain's electrical system, and the resulting symptoms can range from a few minutes' blank stare to a full-scale collapse and loss of consciousness.It's not all that rare for a usually healthy person to have a seizure,...
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Colombia nets record cocaine seizure
5/1/2007: 328 words, approx. 1 pages
Colombia's navy made the largest drug seizure in the nation's history when it uncovered up to 27 tons of cocaine buried along the Pacific coast, the defense minister said Monday.The cocaine, with a wholesale value of more than $500 million, was found Sunday buried in...
 


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