Variations on a theme--singing as an epileptic automatism

H Meierkord; S Shorvon

doi:10.1136/jnnp.54.12.1114

Variations on a theme--singing as an epileptic automatism

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1991 Dec;54(12):1114-6. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.12.1114.

Authors

H Meierkord¹, S Shorvon

Affiliation

¹ University Department of Clinical Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.

Abstract

A case report giving the clinical and EEG details of a patient with right temporal lobe epilepsy in whom singing was the predominant feature of the automatism.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Automatism / physiopathology*
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Music*