title: Habituation of the orienting reaction in patients with post-meningoencephalitic epilepsy.
abstract: A polygraphic study on resistance to habituation of the somatic, autonomic and EEG components of the orienting reaction elicited by a repetitive auditory stimulus was performed in 29 patients with post-meningoencephalitic epilepsy and in 116 matched subjects in 3 control groups. The study showed a significantly higher resistance to habituation of the orienting reaction in patients with post-menigoencephalitic epilepsy than in control subjects. The degree of habituation disturbance depend on frequency, electro-clinical form and history of the seizures.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009949:Orientation; D013216:Reflex, Startle