Homeostasis
This refers to the body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment (regulating hormones, body temp., water balance, etc.
Hemispherectomy
A surgical procedure to remove a cerebral hemisphere (one side of the brain); the operation is now often modified to remove a portion of the hemisphere and to disconnect the remaining portions.
Hypothalamic Hamartoma
Hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) are lesions that arise in the ventral hypothalamic region. The syndrome is commonly associated with a spectrum of clinical, endocrine, and neuropsychological comorbidities including refractory epilepsy, precocious puberty, and rage behaviors. Additionally, Hypothalamic Hamartoma Syndrome may include the evolution of an epileptic encephalopathy with developmental regression, psychiatric and behavioral comorbidities.
Growth Hormone (GH)
A peptide hormone that controls your body’s growth. GH is made by the pituitary gland, located at the base of the brain. GH helps children grow taller (also called linear growth), increases muscle mass, and decreases body fat.
Generalized seizure
A seizure that involves both sides of the brain and causes tonic and clonic movements (primary or secondary generalized) or another type of primary generalized epilepsy (e.g., absence or atonic seizure).
Geneticist
A scientist who studies genetics including how genes are inherited, mutated, activated, or inactivated.
Gelastic seizure
A focal emotional seizure with laughter. Also see Focal emotional seizure with laughing (gelastic).
Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKS)
A precisely targeted radiation therapy used to treat tumors, vascular malformations and other abnormalities.
Frontal lobe seizure foci
A partial seizure arising in the frontal lobe area of the brain.
Focused Ultrasound
An early-stage, non-invasive therapeutic technology with the potential to transform the treatment of many medical disorders by using ultrasonic energy to target tissue deep in the body without incisions or radiation.