title: [Epileptic mania].
abstract: Psychiatric manifestations in epilepsy allow us to explore the relationship between brain and behaviour, brain and the mind and brain and personality. This article reviews the available literature taking mania in the context of epilepsy to better understand the mechanisms that underlie this sindromatic expression and to serve as a starting point to improve our comprehension of our patients' clinical presentations. Additionally, mood as a cardinal symptom of mania is questioned as its epidemiology, clinical presentation, neurobiology and anatomoclinic findings are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Salud Mental, Hospital Cosme Argerich, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dunovits
authors.forename: Melina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans