Alicia suffers from severe seizures several times a week, and has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Which of the following is a treatment for her condition?
A. Dampening activity in the frontal lobes to prevent involuntary activity during the seizure
B. Prescribing a barbiturate to prevent GABA activity in the brain
C. Lesioning the thalamus to prevent the seizures from spreading to the cortex
D. Severing the corpus callosum to prevent the seizures from spreading throughout the brain
Answer: D
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