Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Neuroanatomical localization of faciobrachial dystonic seizures in LGI1‐antibody encephalitis. |
| Authors: |
Ahn, Soo Hyun (AUTHOR), Karaminiya, Maryam (AUTHOR), Goh, Yihui (AUTHOR), Ha, Woo‐Seok (AUTHOR), Shin, Yoonhee (AUTHOR), Jang, Yoonhyuk (AUTHOR), Banks, Samantha (AUTHOR), Jung, Ki‐Young (AUTHOR), Chu, Kon (AUTHOR), Lee, Sang‐Kun (AUTHOR), Kim, Kyung Min (AUTHOR), Hong, Seung Bong (AUTHOR), Irani, Sarosh (AUTHOR), Lee, Soon‐Tae (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Epilepsia (Series 4). May2026, Vol. 67 Issue 5, pe67-e71. 5p. |
| Subjects: |
Autoimmune encephalitis, Seizures (Medicine), Electroencephalography, Somatosensory cortex, Motor cortex, Brain function localization, Insular cortex, Magnetoencephalography |
| Abstract: |
Faciobrachial dystonic seizures (FBDS), paroxysmal dizziness spells, and thermal sensory attacks are highly frequent and stereotypic phenomena experienced in leucine‐rich glioma inactivated 1 (LGI1)‐antibody encephalitis. This study aims to describe the electrophysiologic mechanism underlying these pathognomonic symptoms. LGI1‐antibody encephalitis patients with active symptoms were enrolled from two separate centers in South Korea and the United States. Patients were evaluated with simultaneous magnetoencephalography (306 channels) and electroencephalography. Regional alterations in neuronal excitability represented by interictal epileptiform discharges were present in the faciobrachial area of the motor cortex, insula, and somatosensory cortex, somatotopically aligned with each of the ictal semiologies observed in patients. FBDS and other LGI1‐antibody encephalitis‐specific spells localized to cortical regions neuroanatomically corresponding to ictal semiologies: the faciobrachial homunculus (FBDS), insular cortex (paroxysmal dizziness spells), and somatosensory cortex (thermal sensory attacks). Our findings support the ictal hypothesis underlying these unique phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
