Velishea has severe epileptic seizures that cannot be controlled by medication. Therefore, her doctor suggests that a surgery might help. The surgery would involve
A)cutting the corpus callosum.
B)removing the hippocampus.
C)stimulating the brain's pleasure centers.
D)severing the connection between the prefrontal lobe and the hypothalamus.

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Cutting the corpus callosum is a surgical procedure known as corpus callosotomy, which is sometimes used to treat severe epilepsy that cannot be controlled with medication. This surgery reduces the severity of seizures by preventing the spread of seizure activity between the two hemispheres of the brain.

Velishea Has Severe Epileptic Seizures That Cannot Be Controlled by Medication