Right temporoparietal junction transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of functional dissociative seizures: a case series. Leroy, A., Derambure, P., Hingray, C., El-Hage, W., Warembourg, I., Vaiva, G., & Amad, A. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 274(1):83–86, jan, 2024.
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Functional dissociative seizures (FDSs) are clinical events that resemble epileptic seizures but are not associated with abnormal brain electrical discharges or other physiological problems. In this pilot case series, ten adults with FDSs were recruited from our psychiatry department after being referred by a neurologist who made the diagnosis of FDS based on video EEG results. Each subject received ten sessions of cathodal tDCS focused on the right temporoparietal junction. A significant decrease in weekly seizure frequency was seen in all participants between baseline (30.2 ± 70.3 events) and 1 month after tDCS treatment (0.2 ± 0.3events) (p = 0.006). Main predisposing factors were unchanged after treatment.
@article{Leroy2024,
abstract = {Functional dissociative seizures (FDSs) are clinical events that resemble epileptic seizures but are not associated with abnormal brain electrical discharges or other physiological problems. In this pilot case series, ten adults with FDSs were recruited from our psychiatry department after being referred by a neurologist who made the diagnosis of FDS based on video EEG results. Each subject received ten sessions of cathodal tDCS focused on the right temporoparietal junction. A significant decrease in weekly seizure frequency was seen in all participants between baseline (30.2 ± 70.3 events) and 1 month after tDCS treatment (0.2 ± 0.3events) (p = 0.006). Main predisposing factors were unchanged after treatment.},
author = {Leroy, Arnaud and Derambure, Philippe and Hingray, Coraline and El-Hage, Wissam and Warembourg, Isabelle and Vaiva, Guillaume and Amad, Ali},
doi = {10.1007/s00406-022-01533-2},
issn = {14338491},
journal = {European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience},
keywords = {Dissociation,Functional dissociative seizures,PTSD,Somatoform disorder,tDCS},
language = {eng},
month = {jan},
number = {1},
pages = {83--86},
pmid = {36602649},
title = {{Right temporoparietal junction transcranial direct current stimulation in the treatment of functional dissociative seizures: a case series}},
volume = {274},
year = {2024}
}

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