کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3050205 1185947 2010 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Fyodor Dostoevsky and his falling sickness: A critical analysis of seizure semiology
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Fyodor Dostoevsky and his falling sickness: A critical analysis of seizure semiology
چکیده انگلیسی

Fyodor Dostoevsky is a great Russian writer who had epilepsy. As a consequence, there are many references to seizure-related phenomena in his work. His epilepsy syndrome has been a focus of debate. The goal of this article is to delineate his epilepsy syndrome based on a semiological description of seizures, which could be considered one of the most reliable pieces of circumstantial evidence available. It was hypothesized that seizure-related descriptions in his books were based on his own personal experience. The semiology of seizures and related phenomena was compiled from Dostoevsky's own work, his letters to family and friends, and reminiscences of his wife and friend. Those descriptions were analyzed in detail to elicit localizing and lateralizing features of seizures. On the basis of this evidence, it was postulated that Dostoevsky had a partial epilepsy syndrome most probably arising from the dominant temporal lobe.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Epilepsy & Behavior - Volume 18, Issue 4, August 2010, Pages 424–430
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