Moving beyond movement: diagnosing functional movement disorder

GS Gilmour, SC Lidstone - Seminars in Neurology, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Functional movement disorder (FMD) is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome,
encompassing abnormal movements and weakness, and is a common cause of potentially …

Factors associated with comorbid epilepsy in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: A large cohort study

A Massot-Tarrús, YJ Yu, M AlKhateeb, SM Mirsattari - Epilepsy & behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Comorbid epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) occur in 12–
22% of cases and the diagnosis of both simultaneous disorders is challenging. We aimed to …

Using verbally-reported and video-observed semiology to identify functional seizures

WT Kerr - Neurologic Clinics, 2023 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Functional seizures, also known as dissociative or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
(PNES) are involuntary, transient episodes of abnormal behavior, movement, awareness, or …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical MRI morphological analysis of functional seizures compared to seizure-naïve and psychiatric controls

WT Kerr, H Tatekawa, JK Lee, AH Karimi… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Functional seizures (FS), also known as psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
(PNES), are physical manifestations of acute or chronic psychological distress. Functional …

Cortical thickness in default mode network hubs correlates with clinical features of dissociative seizures

L Zelinski, I Diez, DL Perez, SA Kotz, J Wellmer… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Dissociative seizures (DS) are a common subtype of functional neurological
disorder (FND) with an incompletely understood pathophysiology. Here, gray matter …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional changes associated with functional/dissociative seizures: A review of the literature

J Hassan, S Taib, A Yrondi - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The term 'functional/dissociative seizures (FDS)'refers to a paroxysmal, transient
clinical manifestation that may include motor, sensory, vegetative, psychological and …

Amygdala subfield and prefrontal cortex abnormalities in patients with functional seizures

N Nasrullah, WT Kerr, JM Stern, Y Wang, H Tatekawa… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Functional seizures (FS) are paroxysmal episodes, resembling epileptic
seizures, but without underlying epileptic abnormality. The aetiology and neuroanatomic …

Are brain MRI abnormalities associated with the semiology of functional seizures?

AA Asadi‐Pooya, WT Kerr, I Karakis… - Brain and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate whether radiologically apparent brain magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) abnormalities are associated with the functional seizure (FS) semiology. Methods All …

[HTML][HTML] Functional, dissociative, or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures

JM Stern - 2023 - medlink.com
The terms functional and dissociative both refer to seizures that are associated with
increased connection between limbic or emotional brain areas and higher-level motor …

From Software to Hardware: A Case Series of Functional Neurological Symptoms and Cerebrovascular Disease

J Coebergh, S Habib, T Teodoro… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Neuropsych Assoc
Objective: Neuroimaging studies have identified alterations in both brain structure and
functional connectivity in patients with functional neurological disorder (FND). For many …