PHOTOSENSITIVITY AND EPILEPSY: CURRENT CONCEPTS AND PERSPECTIVES − A NARRATIVE REVIEW

• Published in: Seizure (London, England) Vol. 50; pp. 209 - 218
• Main Authors: da Silva, A. Martins, Leal, Bárbara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Brain - pathology; Brain - physiopathology; Epilepsy; Epilepsy, Reflex - etiology; Epilepsy, Reflex - pathology; Epilepsy, Reflex - physiopathology; Female; Humans; IGE; JME; Male; Neurology; Photoparoxystic Response; Photosensitivity; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Photosensitivity; JME; Epilepsy; IGE; Photoparoxystic Response

Highlights • Photosensitive Epilepsy (PSE) is more frequent in younger females, time limited and closely related to JME. Functional and structural abnormalities provide evidence for the involvement of the visual cortex in PSE. • PPR are restricted to the occipital lobe at low stimuli frequencies spr...