[Role of the amygdala in the occurence of oro-alimentary signs of during epileptic seizures in man (author's transl)].
The authors study the role of amygdala dysfunction in cases of oro-alimentary signs occuring in seizures recorded during a series of stereo-electroencephalographic investigations (S.E.E.G.) carried out for neurosurgical purposes. The patients under study have an epilepsy that is resistant to drug therapy. This work concerns 89 seizures with "oro-alimentary motor activity" recorded in 59 patients with whom it was possible to establish sufficiently rigourous anatomical - electrical - clinical correlations. This study enabled us to show that : --a seizure characterized by "oro-alimentary motor" signs (with the exclusion of swallowing movements) is related to a discharge that directly involves the amygdala. --a critical discharge affecting the anterior temporal region is expressed as : oro-alimentary activity either accompanied or not by other signs (breaking contact is exceptional). --late "oro-alimentary motor activity" also indicates disorganization of the amygdala, but offers no conclusion on the origin of the discharge.
D000679:Amygdala / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002610:Cheek / Q000503:physiopathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000503:physiopathology; D008046:Lip / Q000503:physiopathology; D008409:Mastication; D009055:Mouth / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014059:Tongue / Q000503:physiopathology
Röle du noyau amygdalien dans la survenue de manifestations oro-alimentaires au cours des crises épileptiques chez l'homme.