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Split-Brain Procedure

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Definition: Complete severing of the CORPUS CALLOSUM. In humans it is usually performed to treat medically intractable, multifocal EPILEPSY. EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODELS of split brain preparations are used in research.     
See Also Functional Laterality 		Other names Split-Brain Procedures; Split Brain Procedure; Split Brain; Procedures, Split-Brain; Split-Brain

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