What triggers an absence seizure?

What triggers an absence seizure?

Charles Ribak, Ph.D. (Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, UC Irvine School of Medicine) gives expert video advice on: What should I do if I think I'm going to have an absence seizure?; What should I do if I see someone having an absence seizure? and more...

We really don't know what the trigger for an absence seizure is. The trigger for an absence seizure probably relates to the brain region that we talked about, the thalamus and the role that the thalamus plays in activating large portions of the cerebral cortex.