title: Growth hormone and prolactin in temporal lobe epilepsy.
abstract: Growth hormone and prolactin levels were measured sequentially during wakefulness and sleep, in seven patients with unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent telemetric EEG monitoring (10-24 h), and in three additional patients studied while temporal structures were stimulated with implanted electrodes during pre-surgical evaluation. The results indicated that growth hormone/prolactin release patterns were not significantly affected by selective unilateral stimulation of deep temporal structures, or, when sleep patterns were normal, by epileptic activity confined to one temporal lobe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matthew
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008032:Limbic System / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D011388:Prolactin / Q000378:metabolism*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011388:Prolactin; D013006:Growth Hormone