This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.
Seizure response dogs have recently been used to assist patients during seizures.1–3 We had three patients who obtained seizure response dogs and reported the animals could detect the onset of their seizures. A fourth patient relied upon a pet dog’s barking to alert her husband of the onset of her confusional episodes. Upon further investigation, we determined that these four patients had psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). These were four of the six patients at our center with seizure response service dogs. The other two had epilepsy.
Cases.
The patients’ past medical and seizure history are summarized in the table.
- In this window
- In a new window
Table Past medical history and seizure history for patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) and seizure response dogs
Patient 1.
Patient 1 has had an epilepsy companion dog for the past year. A former cadaver search dog, this dog was retrained as an epilepsy response dog. The patient reports his dog is completely accurate for detecting his seizures 7 to 10 minutes before …
AAN Members
We have changed the login procedure to improve access between AAN.com and the Neurology journals. If you are experiencing issues, please log out of AAN.com and clear history and cookies. (For instructions by browser, please click the instruction pages below). After clearing, choose preferred Journal and select login for AAN Members. You will be redirected to a login page where you can log in with your AAN ID number and password. When you are returned to the Journal, your name should appear at the top right of the page.
AAN Non-Member Subscribers
Purchase access
Letters: Rapid online correspondence
- Pseudoseizure dogs
- Reply from the Authors
REQUIREMENTS
You must ensure that your Disclosures have been updated within the previous six months. Please go to our Submission Site to add or update your Disclosure information.
Your co-authors must send a completed Publishing Agreement Form to Neurology Staff (not necessary for the lead/corresponding author as the form below will suffice) before you upload your comment.
If you are responding to a comment that was written about an article you originally authored:
You (and co-authors) do not need to fill out forms or check disclosures as author forms are still valid
and apply to letter.
Submission specifications:
- Submissions must be < 200 words with < 5 references. Reference 1 must be the article on which you are commenting.
- Submissions should not have more than 5 authors. (Exception: original author replies can include all original authors of the article)
- Submit only on articles published within 6 months of issue date.
- Do not be redundant. Read any comments already posted on the article prior to submission.
- Submitted comments are subject to editing and editor review prior to posting.
You May Also be Interested in
Hastening the Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Dr. Brian Callaghan and Dr. Kellen Quigg