Summary
This theoretical paper proposes that interoceptive (visceral) signals serve as seizure triggers in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, particularly during sleep and drowsiness states when the brain shifts processing toward internal signals. While not directly a lighting study, understanding sleep-state-dependent seizure risk has implications for circadian lighting interventions in epilepsy care environments.
Categories
Sleep & Circadian Health: The paper proposes a mechanistic link between sleep/drowsiness states and heightened epileptiform activity via interoceptive signaling to the hippocampus.
Author(s)
E Levichkina, IN Pigarev, DB Grayden, S Petrou
Publication Year
2023
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