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New Insights into Mechanisms Underlying Generalized Reflex Seizures

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Abstract

“Apparently generalized” reflex seizures usually occur in the setting of idiopathic generalized epilepsies. Several animal, neurophysiological and neuroimaging evidences strongly suggest that such reflex seizures should be considered as focal with quick secondary generalization through cortico-reticular or cortico-cortical pathways. The aim of this article is to highlight mechanisms underlying “apparently generalized” reflex seizures provoked by intermittent light stimulations, reading, thinking and praxis.

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  1. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

    Edoardo Ferlazzo MD, PhD, Sara Gasparini MD & Umberto Aguglia MD, PhD

  2. Regional Epilepsy Centre, “Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli” Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Edoardo Ferlazzo MD, PhD, Sara Gasparini MD, Giovanbattista Gaspare Tripodi, Tiziana D’Agostino & Umberto Aguglia MD, PhD

  3. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

    Domenico Italiano MD, PhD

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    Pasquale Striano

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Ferlazzo, E., Italiano, D., Gasparini, S., Tripodi, G., D’Agostino, T., Aguglia, U. (2015). New Insights into Mechanisms Underlying Generalized Reflex Seizures. In: Striano, P. (eds) Epilepsy Towards the Next Decade. Contemporary Clinical Neuroscience. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12283-0_6

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