Memory during subclinical hippocampal seizures.

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-1989

Abstract

We performed neuropsychological testing in 2 patients during subclinical hippocampal seizures recorded with depth electrodes. Neither subject showed impairment of consciousness, orientation, motor skills, or verbal fluency. The rapidity of recall of a well-learned word list was impaired in 1 subject during ictal fast spiking in the left hippocampus. Subclinical seizure activity may be responsible for a portion of the memory deficits found in patients with epilepsy.

Volume

39

Issue

6

First Page

853

Last Page

856

ISSN

0028-3878

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

2725883

Department(s)

Department of Medicine

Document Type

Article

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