Induced amnestic confusional phenomena. Pathology and lateralization.
Additional evidence from pathology findings is presented in support of the proposition that amnestic confusional phenomena, induced by electrical stimulation of the hippocampus in epileptic patients and resembling transient global amnesia, are related to unilateral (dominant hemisphere) cerebral mechanisms.
D000647:Amnesia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003221:Confusion / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology