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Neurology 2001;56:121-123
© 2001 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Evidence for reflex activation of experiential complex partial seizures

O. Martinez, MD;, R. Reisin, MD;, F. Andermann, MD, FRCPC;, B.G. Zifkin, MD, CM, FRCPC and G. Sevlever, MD, PhD

From the Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires (Drs. Martinez, Reisin, and Sevlever), Argentina; Faculty of Medicine (Dr. Andermann), McGill University and Montréal Neurological Hospital and Institute, Montréal; and Epilepsy Clinic (Dr. Zifkin), Montréal Neurological Hospital; and Département des Sciences Neurologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal and Faculté de Médicine, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

Address correspondence to Dr. Frederick Andermann, Montréal Neurological Hospital and Institute, 3801 rue Université, Montréal, PQ, Canada H3A 2B4.

Reflex activation of seizures by thoughts or mental images is suggested by patients but has not been objectively demonstrated. The authors present a report of a man with experiential complex partial seizures reliably activated by thinking about his family home. During monitoring, such seizures were repeatedly induced in this way. Seizures were refractory to antiepileptic drugs, but ceased after left temporal resection. Pathologic examination showed cortical dysplasia.






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