AUTHOR=Popa Irina , Donos Cristian , Barborica Andrei , Opris Ioan , Mălîia Mihai Dragoş , Ene Mirela , Ciurea Jean , Mîndruţă Ioana 

TITLE=Intrusive Thoughts Elicited by Direct Electrical Stimulation during Stereo-Electroencephalography

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2016.00114

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2016.00114

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=<p>Cortical direct electrical stimulation (DES) is a method of brain mapping used during invasive presurgical evaluation of patients with intractable epilepsy. Intellectual auras like intrusive thoughts, also known as forced thinking (FT), have been reported during frontal seizures. However, there are few reports on FT obtained during DES in frontal cortex. We report three cases in which we obtained intrusive thoughts while stimulating the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the white matter in the prefrontal region. In order to highlight the effective connectivity that might explain this clinical response, we have analyzed cortico-cortical potentials evoked by single pulse electrical stimulation.</p>