PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Susan S. Spencer
AU  - Dennis D. Spencer
AU  - Peter D. Williamson
AU  - Richard H. Mattson
TI  - Effects of corpus callosum section on secondary bilaterally synchronous interictal EEG discharges
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.35.12.1689
DP  - 1985 Dec 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1689--1689
VI  - 35
IP  - 12
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/35/12/1689.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/35/12/1689.full
SO  - Neurology1985 Dec 01; 35
AB  - We studied the effect of corpus callosum section on secondary bilaterally synchronous interictal EEG discharges in 13 patients with partial and secondarily generalized seizures before and after partial or complete section of the corpus callosum. Bilaterally synchronous discharges were completely eliminated in one patient. In 12 patients, there was a distinct reduction in frequency. Our clinical experience agrees with experimental data to suggest that epileptic discharges follow pathways, both across the corpus callosum and/or down to diencephalic/mesencephalic structures, before there is bilateral spread.