Intracranial EEG study of seizure-associated nose wiping

Neurology. 2004 Sep 28;63(6):1127-9. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000138573.62251.59.

Abstract

The authors studied the relation between seizure-associated nose wiping (NW) and intracerebral EEG data in 32 patients. NW was more frequent in mesial temporal lobe seizures (TLSs; 65%) than in other TLSs (36%; p < 0.05) and in frontal lobe seizures (3%; p < 0.0001). It was associated with the presence of an amygdala discharge at seizure onset (p < 0.05) and with the recording of an ictal low-voltage fast activity within that structure (p < 0.05), supporting the role of an amygdala dysfunction in the pathophysiology of NW.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Amygdala / physiopathology
  • Electroencephalography*
  • Epilepsies, Partial / physiopathology*
  • Epilepsies, Partial / surgery
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / surgery
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nose
  • Stereotyped Behavior*
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology