Single Cell Recordings of the Nucleus Amygdalae in Conscious Cats. A Contribution to Research into Focal Epilepsy

摘要: Complex partial seizures originating from the mesial parts of temporal lobe are characterized by autonomic, psychic, and motor symptoms like changes in heart frequency blood pressure, gastrointestinal sensations, fear, anger, automatisms, accompanied impairment or even loss consciousness case secondary generalization (1). Often focus is localized amygdaloid complex (AC) (9), a part limbic system receiving afferents brain stem, subcortical, cortical structures projecting to neocortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, stem. The AC critically involved selection elaboration contextually appropriate patterns behavior (4). often medically refractory. In these cases surgical removal must be considered (10, 13). epileptogenic activity triggered scars small dysontogenetic tumors (6); most no morphological substrate can found To narrow down precise focus, electrophysiological investigations (standard, sphenoidal, stereo-electroencephalography) necessary. 20% such patients depth electrode recordings reveal bilateral epileptic (2, 17).