Eating seizures and distraction-arousal functions. A case study.
Reports of epileptic seizures evoked by eating are very scarce in the literature. A review of the reported cases suggests that various mechanisms may act as triggering factors in this form of reflex epilepsy. We studied a 17-year-old boy in whom the seizures precipitated by eating had been prevented by giving him some alerting stimuli during the meal. The attention-arousal coupling sustained by the meal seems to play a role in triggering the attacks.
Ganga
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Clinica Neurologica, Università di Sassari, Italia.
Sechi
G P
GP
Porcella
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V
Traccis
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S
Rosati
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G
Agnetti
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V
D000293:Adolescent; D004435:Eating; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014741:Video Recording