Part of “CHAPTER 9 – PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ENDOCRINE BRAIN AND HYPOTHALAMUS“

Several clinical syndromes have been attributed to hypothalamic dysfunction.51 Previously, patients have been described who had autonomic overactivity associated with tumors in the region of the hypothalamus and third ventricle. This was termed diencephalic epilepsy, although its epileptic nature is in doubt because electroencephalograms do not show seizure activity during spells and the condition does not respond to administration of anticonvulsants.