Temporal lobe epilepsy

PPA when compared to transcortical sensory aphasia, it is very much alike, in which articulation, repetition, phonology, and syntax are preserved but patient does not comprehend well. Good fluency is retained but as the disease progresses speech is characterized by repetitious clichés and semantic jargon. Lastly, less frequent words are substituted with more familiar ones typically from a superordinate category like “animal” for “dog” (Kertesz & Harciarek, 2014). Patients with logopenic PPA…

current methods work in discerning whether a memory is true or false. However their finding supports that sensory activity is stronger in true memories then in false ones, this is further supported in a past study where it was showed that the medial temporal lobe seems to be involved in false memory formation, and regions within the prefrontal cortex seems to be involved in memory processes resulting in the reduction of false memories (Schacter & Slotnik, 2004; Bernstein & Loftus (2009). The…

INTRODUCTION A psychopath individual is known to act very impulsively, with disregard for others emotions, and against common social norms.5 Psychopathy is a mental health disorder that causes patients to exhibit lack of compassion and concern for others.2 Although there is a lot of information available to the public about how a psychopath acts, there is not much research done on why certain individuals exhibit psychopathic behaviors. Psychopaths exhibit certain characteristics and the…

Mind: A Man, His Epilepsy, and His Downfall In William Shakespeare’s Othello, it is jealousy that conquers all, while love is cast down an unfathomable abyss. Over the course of few days, once honourable Othello is broken down by trickster Iago with his wiles and Othello’s mind is overrun with anger and envy. But how could a principled man such as Othello decide to kill his beloved wife in such a short amount of time? If it is assumed that Othello is afflicted by Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE),…

Her seizures originate in her left temporal lobe. Almost every day, she experiences impairments in her language functioning. Most of the time when we talk, my mom will have difficulty finding words to use. Over the weekend, my dad hosted a party at our house. My mom becomes so self-conscious…

Early brain imaging studies of musical imagery used PET (positron emission tomogra- phy), which has now been almost completely replaced by fMRI. PET and fMRI each have their pros and cons as methods for functional brain imaging. PET works by com- bining several tricks. Typically, subjects are injected with 2-deoxyglucose, a modified form of sugar that is transported through the bloodstream to cells just like glucose, but cannot be metabolized. As a result, 2-deoxyglucose builds up rapidly in…

A year ago I was diagnosed with simple and complex partial seizures of the temporal lobe. The kind of seizures I have are hard to describe but its kind of like being on a roller coaster. You're strapped in and you can feel the tension as you know its going to happen, and you know its going to be scary. Once you reach the top of the roller coaster you get a weird feeling in your stomach, just like you do before your seizure happens . Sometimes you experience a very strong, awful feeling of Déjà…

seizure is myoclonic seizure. Myoclonic seizure is an précised jerk or series of jerk, less organized than the rhythmic jerks (Jerome et al.,2008). There are many other type of epileptic syndrome like rolandic epilepsy, frontal lobe epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, childhood absence epilepsy and status…

Introduction: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders observed approximately in 1-3% of population, it has affected around 70 million people worldwide and nearly 90% of them are found in developing regions (Ngugi et al; 2010). The corresponding figure for India was estimated to be more than 12 million with 1% prevalence contributes nearly one-sixth of the global burden (Senthil Amudhan et al., 2015). Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterized by an enduring predisposition…

In the case of idiopathic or constitutional epilepsy there is no neurologic abnormality and no specific cause can be identified. Seizures usually begin between five and twenty years of age, but they may start later in life. In the case of symptomatic epilepsy we know the causes. These might vary on a wide range. The most common causes are congenital abnormalities and perinatal injuries, metabolic disorders (withdrawal from alcohol, or drugs, uremia, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia), trauma, tumors…