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Performing Behavioral Tasks in Subjects with Intracranial Electrodes
Published on: October 2, 2014
Epileptic nocturnal wanderings with a temporal lobe origin: a stereo-electroencephalographic study
Lino Nobili1, Stefano Francione, Francesco Cardinale
1Centro per la Chirurgia dell'Epilessia Claudio Munari Ospedale Niguarda Ca Granda, Milano, Italy.
Unlabelled:
To show the results of the exploration conducted with intracerebral electrodes in a patients affected by epileptic nocturnal wanderings (ENWs).
Method:
The patient was investigated with long-term video-stereo-electroencephalographic (SEEG) monitoring by means of stereotactically introduced intracerebral electrodes.
Results:
We recorded four nocturnal seizures with typical features of ENWs. The SEEG ictal recordings demonstrated a well-localized initial discharge always confined to the right temporal structures with secondary spread to the cingulate regions.
Discussion:
Together with paroxysmal arousals and nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia, ENWs has been considered as a manifestation of the nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. Our investigation and the result of surgical outcome in this patient indicate that in some cases such episodes could have a temporal-lobe origin.
