Neuropsychiatric and cognitive comorbidities in epilepsy
André Bessa Aguiar,
Alan Bessa Aguiar,
Luciano Barroso de Albuquerque Filho
et al.
Abstract:The epileptic crisis is characterized by a momentary episode of signs and symptoms that are caused by abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. On the other hand, epileptic syndrome is defined, according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE), by “a group of clinical and neuroimaging characteristics in electroencephalographic (EEG) findings, many times, supported by specific etiologic findings (structural, genetic, metabolic, immunological and infectious)”. Accordingly, epi… Show more
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