G40.1 G40.2
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Patients with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE)
Group 2: Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)
Group 3: Healthy controls
Sponsors
Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Unilateral focal frontal or temporal lobe epilepsy; sufficient physical condition (normal vision or corrected; ability to perform the hand and arm movements necessary for test assessment); ability to understand test instructions; consent is required
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Limited or no inability to understand instruction (e.g. due to limited knowledge of German); neurological disorders (except epilepsy in patients); severe psychiatric disorders (especially acute moderate to severe depressive episode); currently no psychoactive medication (except in the context of epilepsy treatment in patients); participation in other studies with the same test procedures shortly before (6 months) or within the individual study period (avoidance of learning effects)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of correctly solved problems in the Tower of London test and the number of correctly solved tasks in the Relational Integration Matrix Directed coherence values for directional interaction between rostral and caudal channels from NIRS measurements. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Comparison of the number of correctly solved problems in the Tower of London test and the number of correctly solved problems in the Relational Integration Matrix task in early vs. late onset of epilepsy (age =/> 12 years) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactKathrin Wagner
Prächirurgische Epilepsiediagnostik Allgemeine Neurochirurgie
Outcome results
None listed