title: Memory during subclinical hippocampal seizures.
abstract: We performed neuropsychological testing in 2 patients during subclinical hippocampal seizures recorded with depth electrodes. Neither subject showed impairment of consciousness, orientation, motor skills, or verbal fluency. The rapidity of recall of a well-learned word list was impaired in 1 subject during ictal fast spiking in the left hippocampus. Subclinical seizure activity may be responsible for a portion of the memory deficits found in patients with epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bridgman
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Malamut
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sperling
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Saykin
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology*