Focal Motor Seizures
Abstract
Abstract To the Editor.— In their recent article in the Archives (33:536, 1976), Collins et al report that the uptake of carbon 14-labeled 2-deoxyglucose is increased in the thalamus during severe focal seizures with or without bilateral spread; they attribute the changes in their autoradiographs to increased neuronal metabolism associated with seizure spread. A number of years ago, my associates and I1 reported a study of the influence of 25% CO2 on the uptake of sulfur 35-labeled...