TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Seizures & Syncope A1 - Simon, Roger P. A1 - Aminoff, Michael J. A1 - Greenberg, David A. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Clinical Neurology, 10e AB - Consciousness is lost when the function of both cerebral hemispheres or the brainstem reticular activating system is compromised. Episodic dysfunction of these anatomic regions produces transient, and often recurrent, loss of consciousness. There are two major causes of episodic loss of consciousness: seizures and syncope. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/10 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1148742494 ER -