Alterations in the contents of consciousness in partial epileptic seizures

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 366-371

  Johanson, Mirja ^a,b   Valli, Katja ^c,d   Revonsuo, Antti ^c,d   Chaplin, John E ^e   Wedlund, Jan Eric ^a  

^a Neurological Rehabilitation Clinic   (Sweden)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Content of consciousness; Epilepsy; Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory; Self control of seizures; Simple and complex partial seizures; Subjective experience

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOMENOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 45849145747     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.014     Document Type: Article

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