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  • Neuroscience
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Medicine

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  • Mirror movements (MMs) are associated with pyramidal tract or transcallosal pathway alterations.
  • Epilepsy involves seizure propagation through white matter, impacting interhemispheric communication.

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  • To investigate the potential association between epilepsy and mirror movements.
  • To explore shared pathophysiological mechanisms in these conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search of MEDLINE and Embase databases.
  • Inclusion of original articles, specifically case study reports.

Main Results:

  • Identified thirteen patients with co-occurring epilepsy and mirror movements from eleven case reports.
  • This co-morbidity is rarely documented in existing literature.

Conclusions:

  • Epilepsy and mirror movements share altered interhemispheric modulation.
  • Further study of this comorbidity can elucidate mechanisms of MMs and epilepsy-related brain connectivity.