Left-insular damage, autonomic instability, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 170-173

  Lacuey, Nuria ^a,b,c   Zonjy, Bilal ^a   Theerannaew, Wanchat ^d   Loparo, Kenneth A ^d   Tatsuoka, Curtis ^d   Sahadevan, Jayakumar ^a   Lhatoo, Samden D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^e NINDS Center for SUDEP Research (CSR)   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Heart rate variability; Insula; Parasympathetic; Postictal bradycardia; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GLIOSIS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INSULA; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TIC; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPLICATION; ETIOLOGY; HEART RATE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEATH, SUDDEN; EPILEPSY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84955131114     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.12.009     Document Type: Article

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