[Striopallidal form of subcortical epilepsy].
A retrospective analysis of the structure of focal somatomotor fits with tonic convulsions of the upper limbs was carried out in connection with the unresponsiveness of these patients to surgical intervention into the sensomotor cortex. An analogy was revealed between the arm position during the paroxysm and its position in defense. Since the defense reflex is generated in the subcortical formations of the brain and above all in the caudate nucleus it is suggested that the latter is responsible for the generation of the described paroxysms. It is proposed, therefore, that the above paroxysms should be called a striopallidal form of subcortical epilepsy.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D003342:Corpus Striatum; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005917:Globus Pallidus; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei
O striopallidarnoĭ forme podkorkovoĭ épilepsii.