Definition: The 'Kindling Effect' refers to how epileptic seizures are thought to occur. The idea of seizure kindling is that large scale seizures can be triggered by small but repeated stimulation events, just as a large scale fire can grow out of a small ignited pile of wood.
Kindling Effect
By Nancy Schimelpfening, About.com
Updated January 26, 2004
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