title: Circadian rhythm and profile in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and temporal lobe epilepsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study intended to compare the circadian rhythm and circadian profile between patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).
  
  
  METHODS
  We enrolled 16 patients with JME and 37 patients with TLE from the Outpatient Clinic of UNICAMP. We applied a questionnaire about sleep-wake cycle and circadian profile.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fourteen (87%) out of 16 patients with JME, and 22 out of 37 (59%) patients with TLE reported that they would sleep after seizure (p < 0.05). Three (19%) patients with JME, and 17 (46%) reported to be in better state before 10:00 AM (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is no clear distinct profile and circadian pattern in patients with JME in comparison to TLE patients. However, our data suggest that most JME patients do not feel in better shape early in the day.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mateus P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Funari
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências do Esporte, Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Mantovani
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Guerreiro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Li Min
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020190:Myoclonic Epilepsy, Juvenile / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020178:Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult