The expression of interictal, preictal, and postictal facial-wiping behavior in temporal lobe epilepsy: A neuro-ethological analysis and interpretation

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 635-643

  Meletti, Stefano ^a   Cantalupo, Gaetano ^a   Stanzani Maserati, Michelangelo ^a   Rubboli, Guido ^a   Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethology; Facial wiping; Nose wiping; Postictal behaviors; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; ETHOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TIME; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0348048752     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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