Cerebral organization of affect suggested by temporal lobe seizures

Autor: E. H. Strauss, Juhn A. Wada, T. A. Hurwitz, B. D. Kosaka
Rok vydání: 1985
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Zdroj: Neurology. 35:1335-1335
ISSN: 1526-632X
0028-3878
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.35.9.1335
Popis: A right-handed woman with independent left- and right-sided temporal lobe discharges was studied by continuous EEG and videotape monitoring for 3 weeks. Changes in affect were noted in the immediate and extended postictal periods and varied with the side of discharge. After a left-sided discharge, she became globally aphasic and depressed. Right-sided discharges evoked laughing and postictal hypomania. These manifestations were attributed to contralateral hemispheric disinhibition after ipsilateral seizure inactivation. This case provides evidence that the speech-dominant hemisphere subserves positive feelings and the nondominant hemisphere negative ones.
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