Focal Cortical Opioids and Reading Epilepsy

Abstract

The release of endogenous opioids in 5 patients with reading-induced seizures was investigated using C-diprenorphine PET scans at the MRC Cyclotron Unit Hammersmith Hospital, and the Institute of Neurology, London, UK.

Keywords

• endogenous opioids
• parieto-temporo-occipital cortex
• reading epilepsy