TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Seizures & Syncope A1 - Greenberg, David A. A1 - Aminoff, Michael J. A1 - Simon, Roger P. Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Clinical Neurology, 11e 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 - 2024/03/29 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182392155 ER -