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Compulsive versifying after treatment of transient epileptic amnesia.
Woollacott, Ione O C; Fletcher, Phillip D; Massey, Luke A; Pasupathy, Amirtha; Rossor, Martin N; Caine, Diana; Rohrer, Jonathan D; Warren, Jason D.
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  • Woollacott IO; a Dementia Research Centre, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease , UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London , London , UK.
Neurocase ; 21(5): 548-53, 2015.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25157425
Compulsive production of verse is an unusual form of hypergraphia that has been reported mainly in patients with right temporal lobe seizures. We present a patient with transient epileptic amnesia and a left temporal seizure focus, who developed isolated compulsive versifying, producing multiple rhyming poems, following seizure cessation induced by lamotrigine. Functional neuroimaging studies in the healthy brain implicate left frontotemporal areas in generating novel verbal output and rhyme, while dysregulation of neocortical and limbic regions occurs in temporal lobe epilepsy. This case complements previous observations of emergence of altered behavior with reduced seizure frequency in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. Such cases suggest that reduced seizure frequency has the potential not only to stabilize or improve memory function, but also to trigger complex, specific behavioral alterations.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Compulsive Behavior / Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Amnesia Limits: Aged / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: Neurocase Journal subject: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO / NEUROLOGIA / PSICOLOGIA / PSIQUIATRIA Year: 2015 Document type: Article Country of publication: Reino Unido

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Compulsive Behavior / Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Amnesia Limits: Aged / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: Neurocase Journal subject: CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO / NEUROLOGIA / PSICOLOGIA / PSIQUIATRIA Year: 2015 Document type: Article Country of publication: Reino Unido