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CARBAMAZEPINE IN THE DYSCONTROL SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH LIMBIC SYSTEM DYSFUNCTION

Abstract

The literature has long demonstrated an association between certain behavioral problems and EEG abnormalities, particularly the association of aggressive and sometimes violent behavior with foci in the temporal lobes. The concept of "dyscontrol syndromes" has also been established and it is possible that some instances of the dyscontrol syndrome arise from an abnormal sensitization of the limbic system, due to disturbance in or near the …

Authors

TUNKS ER; DERMER SW

Journal

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 164, No. 1, pp. 56–62

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

1 1977

DOI

10.1097/00005053-197701000-00010

ISSN

0022-3018