Visually sensitive seizures: An updated review by the Epilepsy Foundation

RS Fisher, JN Acharya, FM Baumer, JA French… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light flashes, patterns, or color changes can provoke seizures in up to 1 in 4000 persons.
Prevalence may be higher because of selection bias. The Epilepsy Foundation reviewed …

The system epilepsies: a pathophysiological hypothesis

G Avanzini, P Manganotti, S Meletti, SL Moshé… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We postulate that “system epilepsies”(SystE) are due to an enduring propensity to generate
seizures of functionally characterized brain systems. Data supporting this hypothesis—that …

Reflex seizures, traits, and epilepsies: from physiology to pathology

MJ Koepp, L Caciagli, RM Pressler, K Lehnertz… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Epileptic seizures are generally unpredictable and arise spontaneously. Patients often
report non-specific triggers such as stress or sleep deprivation, but only rarely do seizures …

Modeling brain resonance phenomena using a neural mass model

A Spiegler, TR Knösche, K Schwab… - PLoS computational …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Stimulation with rhythmic light flicker (photic driving) plays an important role in the diagnosis
of schizophrenia, mood disorder, migraine, and epilepsy. In particular, the adjustment of …

The visual system in eyelid myoclonia with absences

AE Vaudano, A Ruggieri, M Tondelli… - Annals of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate the functional and structural brain correlates of eyelid myoclonus
and absence seizures triggered by eye closure (eye closure sensitivity [ECS]). Methods …

Enhanced frontocentral EEG connectivity in photosensitive generalized epilepsies: a partial directed coherence study

G Varotto, E Visani, L Canafoglia, S Franceschetti… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Photosensitive epilepsy (PSE) is the most common form of reflex epilepsy
presenting with electroencephalography (EEG) paroxysms elicited by intermittent photic …

Abnormal response to photic stimulation in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy: An EEG‐f MRI study

E Bartolini, I Pesaresi, S Fabbri, P Cecchi, FS Giorgi… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is a young‐onset electroclinical syndrome,
characterized by myoclonic, generalized tonic–clonic, and possibly typical absence …

[HTML][HTML] Bidirectional modulation of primary visual cortex excitability: a combined tDCS and rTMS study

N Lang, HR Siebner, Z Chadaide… - … & visual science, 2007 - jov.arvojournals.org
purpose. In the motor cortex (M1), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can
effectively prime excitability changes that are evoked by a subsequent train of repetitive …

fMRI activation during spike and wave discharges evoked by photic stimulation

F Moeller, HR Siebner, N Ahlgrimm, S Wolff, H Muhle… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Photoparoxysmal response (PPR) is an electroencephalographic (EEG) trait characterized
by the occurrence of epileptiform discharges in response to visual stimulation. Studying this …

Clinical advances in photosensitive epilepsy

V Padmanaban, S Inati, A Ksendzovsky, K Zaghloul - Brain Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Photosensitive epilepsy is the most common subset of reflex epilepsy in humans. It is
characterized by an abnormal electroencephalogram trait known as photoparoxysmal …