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Lamotrigine improves aggression in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.

Abstract
Aggression in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) may have phenomenological and neurobiological heterogeneity. In the present study, we targeted patients with TLE who showed aggression and evaluated the effects of lamotrigine on this symptom using the Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ), which is based on a four-factor model that includes Physical Aggression, Verbal Aggression, Anger, and Hostility. As compared with the healthy control subjects (n=115), patients with TLE (n=21) had significantly higher BAQ Total, Physical Aggression, Anger, and Hostility scores. Ten weeks after initiation of lamotrigine, the BAQ Total and Anger scores of the patients with TLE were significantly improved. However, the patients with TLE in this study did not exhibit depressive symptoms. Our results suggest that lamotrigine mitigates aggression, especially anger, which represents the emotional factor of aggression in the BAQ.
AuthorsHiroko Kato, Naofumi Fukatsu, Takahiro Noguchi, Tomohiro Oshima, Yukari Tadokoro, Kousuke Kanemoto
JournalEpilepsy & behavior : E&B (Epilepsy Behav) Vol. 21 Issue 2 Pg. 173-6 (Jun 2011) ISSN: 1525-5069 [Electronic] United States
PMID21514239 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc.
Chemical References
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Triazines
  • Lamotrigine
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aggression (drug effects)
  • Anticonvulsants (therapeutic use)
  • Depression (drug therapy, etiology)
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe (drug therapy, physiopathology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lamotrigine
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triazines (therapeutic use)

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