title: Eating seizures and distraction-arousal functions. A case study.
abstract: 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.
authors: Clinica Neurologica, Università di Sassari, Italia.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ganga
authors: G P
authors: GP
authors: Sechi
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Porcella
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Traccis
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Rosati
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Agnetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004435:Eating; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014741:Video Recording