[Sleep as a method of the study of epilepsy].
It has been well known from the literature that sleep and epilepsy have strong reciprocal influences and this is true for all kinds of epilepsies. The electroencephalographic paroxysmal activity increases in slow wave sleep and the localization of the primary epileptogenic area is more reliable in paradoxical sleep. The video-polygraphic recording is a mandatory methodology in the study of the different types of epilepsies.
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Unidad Neurofisiológica de Sueño y Epilepsia, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. rosaperaita@mx3.redestb.es
D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D004585:Electrooculography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*