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Charles S. Cleeland, PhD; Harold E. Booker, MD

Arch Neurol. 1967;17(3):324-330.

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ELICITATION of epileptogenic activity has been reported in response to such simple stimulus conditions as touch, intermittent and constant light, sounds, movement, vestibular, and visceral stimulation. In addition to simple stimulation of a primary sensory modality, certain behavioral sequences have also been correlated with the onset of seizure activity. Examples include listening to music and viewing patterns, as well as such language activities as reading, writing, and speaking.¹ In a representative case report of this type, Ingvar and Nyman² have reported a patient with petit mal seizures in whom electrographic abnormalities occurred with high frequency in association with attempts at calculation. It was found that not only calculation but also the instruction to be ready to perform calculation were effective elicitors. Geschwind and Sherwin have recently reported a case in which seizures could not only be triggered by reading, but by writing and speaking as well. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Madison, Wis

From the Epilepsy Center and Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication March 9, 1967; accepted April 13.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin Medical Center, Madison, Wis 53706 (Dr. Cleeland).

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