Among the various focal epileptic seizure patterns commonly encountered one of the most interesting and least understood is that of ictal epileptic automatism. The most characteristic feature of ictal epileptic automatism is the association of a profound impairment of higher mental functions such as memory and conscious understanding with a rather strikingly contrasting retention of motor control, of the capacity for reception of sensory stimuli and of the possibility to integrate motor and sensory activities into complex and correctly performed motor actions (Penfield and Jasper, 1954). [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.111162 |
| Date | January 1957 |
| Creators | Gloor, Pierre. |
| Contributors | (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy. (Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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