| Epilepsy surgery in professional musicians: subjective and objective reports of three cases. | |
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PMID: 16143569 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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We describe a small series of three professional musicians who had right (two patients) and left (one patient) temporal lobe epilepsy surgery with the histological diagnoses of hippocampal sclerosis (two patients) and benign tumor (one patient, xanthoastrocytoma). The musicians were asked to complete a questionnaire about their musical abilities before and after surgery with respect to special musical skills like melody processing, musical memory, rhythm, meter, harmony/dissonance, timbre, concentration and endurance, emotionality, and absolute pitch. In addition, the musicians submitted reports of their experiences. Surgical outcome was excellent with respect to seizures and professional skills. The two patients with right temporal lobe epilepsy reported improvements of specific musical abilities. Vocational development was very positive in all three patients. We conclude that epilepsy surgery can be safe and rewarding in professional musicians and propose initiating a database on epilepsy surgery in this special group of patients. |
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Authors:
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Reinhard Schulz; Simone Horstmann; Hennric Jokeit; Friedrich G Woermann; Alois Ebner |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2005-09-06 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Epilepsy & behavior : E&B Volume: 7 ISSN: 1525-5050 ISO Abbreviation: Epilepsy Behav Publication Date: 2005 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-10-28 Completed Date: 2005-12-20 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 100892858 Medline TA: Epilepsy Behav Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 552-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Epilepsy Centre Bethel, Maraweg 21, D-33617 Bielefeld, Germany. Reinhard.Schulz@evkb.de |
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Adult Amobarbital / diagnostic use Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / pathology, psychology*, surgery* Humans Hypnotics and Sedatives / diagnostic use Intelligence Tests Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Middle Aged Music / psychology* Neuropsychological Tests Neurosurgical Procedures* Occupations Teaching Treatment Outcome |
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0/Hypnotics and Sedatives; 57-43-2/Amobarbital |
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