Dreams and epilepsy.
The relationship between dreams and epilepsy is illustrated by two patients whose awake epileptic seizures and recurrent dreams during night sleep had similar content. In both of our cases the EEG showed right anterior temporal spike discharge, suggesting a role for the temporal lobe in the association between dreams and seizures.
Reami
D O
DO
Departamento de Neurologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brasil.
Silva
D F
DF
Albuquerque
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Campos
C J
CJ
D004325:Dreams / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology / Q000503:physiopathology