| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6013876 | Epilepsy & Behavior | 2012 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We present the case of a patient with startle epilepsy provoked by auditory, somatosensory and visual stimuli during video-electrocorticography (ECoG) recording. Ictal ECoG of all types of seizures triggered by the three kinds of stimuli showed that seizure onset originated from the left supplementary sensorimotor area (SSMA). The patient has been seizureâfree after the cortex around the left SSMA only had been resected. Therefore, we speculate that left SSMA is the epileptogenic zone of startle epilepsy in this patient and perhaps the primary cortex to modulate the startle reflex in healthy persons.
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Authors
Yan-Ping Sun, Hong-Wei Zhu, Shou-Wen Zhang, Zhao-Yang Huang, Li-Ping Li, Liang Qiao, Wei Du, Yu-Ping Wang,