Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Hormones
Sex hormones can influence the timing and frequency of seizure activity. Estrogen is pro-epileptic and progesterone is anti-epileptic. These counterbalancing effects may account for "catamenial epilepsy" i.e. epilepsy preceding or made more severe prior to menstruation or during peri-ovulation. Gender may differentially influence neocortical pathologies in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy.
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