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- Title
Postictal inhibition of the somatosensory cortex.
- Authors
Beniczky, Sándor; Jovanovic, Marina; Atkins, Mary; Alving, Jørgen; Dahl, Marit; Andersen, Noémi; Wolf, Peter
- Abstract
Transient suppression of the motor cortex and of the speech areas cause well-described postictal phenomena following seizures involving the respective cortical areas. Pain is a rare symptom in epileptic seizures. We present a patient with painful tonic seizures in the left leg. The amplitude of the cortical component of the somatosensory evoked potential following stimulation of the left tibial nerve was reduced immediately after the seizure. Our findings suggest that the excitability of the sensory cortex is transiently reduced following a seizure involving the somatosensory area.
- Subjects
MOTOR cortex; BRAIN imaging; SOMATOSENSORY evoked potentials; TIBIAL nerve; NEURAL stimulation; SPASMS; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Neurological Sciences, 2011, Vol 32, Issue 1, p147
- ISSN
1590-1874
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10072-010-0362-x