Figuring out drawing-induced epilepsy

Neurology. 2006 Mar 14;66(5):723-6; discussion 619. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000200953.62141.89.

Abstract

Rare reflex epilepsies are a clinical curiosity but may also give insight into neurocognitive processes. The authors present a patient whose seizures were precipitated by drawing but not by writing. This dissociation complements previous reports on selective impairment of writing. EEG revealed a focus in the right frontal lobe with parietal spread. This is in accord with current cognitive and neural network models of drawing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Art*
  • Epilepsy, Reflex / etiology*
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mathematics
  • Students