Biting behavior, aggression, and seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 654-663

  Tassinari, Carlo Alberto ^a   Tassi, Laura ^b   Calandra Buonaura, Giovanna ^c   Stanzani Maserati, Michelangelo ^a   Fini, Nicola ^a   Pizza, Fabio ^a   Sartori, Ivana ^b   Michelucci, Roberto ^a   Lo Russo, Giorgio ^b   Meletti, Stefano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggression; Biting; Epilepsy; Peripersonal space; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GESTURE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; BITES, HUMAN; BRAIN; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERSONAL SPACE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 20944439741     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.58404.x     Document Type: Article

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