Brief Communication Nonphotosensitive Video Game‐Induced Partial Seizures
- 3 August 1995
- Vol. 36 (8) , 837-841
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1995.tb01623.x
Abstract
We report a 9-year-old boy with a ring 20 chromosome anomaly whose complex partial seizures (CPS), presumably of frontal lobe origin, were often induced by playing video games. Neither photosensitivity nor pattern sensitivity was observed. An intensive video-EEG investigation showed that video games as well as mental calculation elicited rhythmic runs of bilateral high-voltage slow waves, which eventually evolved into ictal discharges. This case suggests that higher brain functions can be involved in seizure induction.Keywords
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