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2009
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2009000600032
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Epilepsy research 150 years after Darwin's theory of evolution

Abstract: -On February 12, 2009, we commemorated the 200 th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150 th anniversary of the publication of the first edition of the "On the origin of species". Only in the sixth edition of the Origin Darwin explicitly stated that natural selection applied to the brain as to all other organs and contemporary epilepsy research plays an interesting role in this scenario. Epilepsy affects approximately 3 percent of the general population and is a complex disease. At least 11 genes hav… Show more

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“…Interestingly, Charles Darwin only focused on the brain on his sixth book ''The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life", which contains a passage stating that natural selection applies to the brain as it does to all other organs [39]. Since then, evolutionary explanations shed light on several disease pathologies by identifying mismatches between genes and the environment.…”
Section: Evolutionary Remarks On Epilepsymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Interestingly, Charles Darwin only focused on the brain on his sixth book ''The origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life", which contains a passage stating that natural selection applies to the brain as it does to all other organs [39]. Since then, evolutionary explanations shed light on several disease pathologies by identifying mismatches between genes and the environment.…”
Section: Evolutionary Remarks On Epilepsymentioning
confidence: 99%