EpilepsiaJune 16, 2026Shweta Soni, Karine Brochu, Paolo Federico et al.
Meditation has widely recognized psychological and neuromodulatory benefits, yet its effects on epileptiform activity remain unclear. This study examined whether novice meditation modulates interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy using intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG). Twenty-seven meditation-naïve patients undergoing iEEG monitoring...
EpilepsiaSeptember 2024Derek J Doss, Graham W Johnson, Ghassan S Makhoul et al.
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder affecting 1% of the global population. Loss of consciousness in focal impaired awareness seizures (FIASs) and focal-to-bilateral tonic-clonic seizures (FBTCSs) can be devastating, but the mechanisms are not well understood. Although ictal activity and interictal connectivity changes have been noted, the network states of focal aware seizures (FASs),...
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) continue to represent a serious diagnostic challenge for neurologists. Video-electroencephalography (EEG) studies have provided detailed knowledge of the spectrum of visible PNES manifestations. However, little is known about how patients or seizure witnesses experience PNES, although many diagnoses in seizure clinics are made on the basis of...
EpilepsiaOctober 17, 2011Carla Bentes, João G. Costa, Ana Rita Peralta et al.7 citations
PURPOSE: To evaluate morning dream recall frequency and content in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). METHODS: Fifty-two patients with pharmacoresistant TLE submitted to a written dream diary during five consecutive days and continuous video-electroencephalographic (video-EEG) monitoring. A matched control group of 41 healthy subjects completed the same diary at home. The number of...
EpilepsiaMarch 2011Rima Dolgoff-Kaspar, Alan B Ettinger, Sarit A Golub et al.
This study investigated hyperreligiosity in persons with partial epilepsy by exploring a relationship between aura symptoms and spirituality. It was reasoned that patients with high frequencies of auras that are suggestive of metaphysical phenomena, termed numinous-like auras, would report increased spirituality of an unconventional form, both during their seizures and generally. Numinous-like...
EpilepsiaApril 1, 2004Louis Maillard, Jean Pierre Vignal, Rene Anxionnat et al.
Autoscopy is a pathologic perception of one's body or one's face image within space, either from an internal ("as in a mirror") or from an external ("out-of-body experience") point of view. Among various psychiatric and neurologic disorders, partial epilepsy is the main etiology. However, the significance of this rare ictal symptom remains controversial. We report this phenomenon in three...
Summary: Purpose: The frequency of dream recall (DR) in patients with brain diseases has proved to be indicative of the relation between sleep disturbances and the functioning of cognitive processes during sleep. In this study we attempted to ascertain whether DR frequency in patients with complex partial seizures (CPSs) is higher than that in those with generalized seizures.Methods: DR...
Epileptic seizures have a historical association with religion, primarily through the concept of spirit possession. Five cases where epileptic seizures were initially attributed to Voodoo spirit possession are presented. The attribution is discussed within the context of the Voodoo belief system.
The Norwegian author Tryggve Andersen (1867-1920) had epilepsy, but was not aware of the diagnosis until late in life. In one novel, Towards Night (Mot Kvaeld), published in 1900, he described in detail nocturnal attacks with formed visual hallucinations as the initial event, seeing always the same face. He was familiar with the works of Ernst Hoffmann and probably also with those of Fiodor...
EpilepsiaSeptember 1, 1970C Pintilie, N Mison-Crighel, E Crighel1 citation
SUMMARY The evolution of a spiking focus induced by topical application of mescaline, as well as the concomitant alterations in the free amino acids in the two ectosylvian and the two marginal areas, were studied in cats pretreated with nonconvulsant doses of pentetrazol or caffeine. The spiking focus appeared earlier than it did in noninjected animals; the spikes were very frequent and...