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Neurofunctional assessment in a case of calculation-induced seizures
Neurological Sciences, 08/19/09

Marino S et al. – The authors report the case of patient affected by calculation–induced seizures that were refractory to medications. They showed the cortical activation by using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while he was performing an arithmetic task and illustrated that, in this case, the areas commonly activated included the premotor and supplementary motor areas of both hemispheres.

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Silvia Marino, 08/20/09

This is the first neuroimaging study perfomed about calculation seizures, even if it is limited to one patient. We think that these new findings can bring new knowledge to this kind of disease, for its diagnosis and therapy.

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