Autonomic and hormonal ictal changes in gelastic seizures from hypothalamic hamartomas

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 317-322

  Cerullo, A ^a   Tinuper, P ^a   Provini, F ^a   Contin, M ^a   Rosati, A ^a   Marini, C ^a   Cortelli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Endocrine; Epilepsy; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PROLACTIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; LAUGHTER;

EID: 0032213796     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(98)00074-1     Document Type: Article

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