Lobes of the human brain with the<unk>  lobe shown in blue Due to the difference in brain processing and function as well as various surface anatomy landmarks, the<unk>  lobes have traditionally been divided into two major areas known as the precentral cortex and prefrontal cortex. Precentral cortex The precentral cortex is an area of the<unk>  cortex that is located directly anterior to the central sulcus and includes both the primary motor cortex and the supplementary motor area. Inputs that project to both of these areas arise from a variety of locations in the brain that integrate sensory stimuli including the primary motor cortex, the thalamus and corticospinal projections. These two areas along with several other main functional areas control both the preparation of motor movement as well as the execution of movements. These main functional areas are crucial to the development of the motor related symptoms associated with<unk>  focally when seizures are located within these defined areas. The major functional areas include: *Primary motor cortex *Contains large neurons that project axons down to the spinal cord where they synapse onto alpha motor neurons. These neurons are involved in the planning of motor movements and the refining of motor movements based on sensory inputs that are received from the cerebellum. *Supplementary motor area *Area anterior to the primary motor cortex that is involved in planning complex motor movements and coordinating movements along both hands. The main inputs for this area are received from the thalamus.<unk>  eye field *The<unk>  eye field is a posterior part of the middle<unk>  gyrus and is involved in the control of saccadic, contralateral and conjugate eye movement. This area receives its main inputs from both the occipital cortex and dorsal thalamus. *Broca's area *Controls the motor movements of both the tongue and larynx that enables speech formation. This area receives direct inputs from the primary motor area as well as Wernicke's area located in the temporal lobe. Prefrontal cortex The prefrontal cortex, the most anterior region of the brain, comprises several key areas that are particularly important for higher mental functions that control various aspects of human personality including anticipation and planning, initiative/judgement, memory and the control of decision making. Damage or lesions to this region of the brain can result in major changes in personality. A classic example is Phineas Gage, who exhibited a change in behavior after one or both<unk>  lobes were destroyed by a large iron bar accidentally driven through his head (though Gage, despite conventional presentations of his case, did not exhibit the aggression, antisocial behavior, or loss of impulse control sometimes reported in patients with similar injuries). There are two main regions of the prefrontal cortex that each control various aspects of behavior and personality: *Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex * This area is associated with the impairment of the cognitive abilities that control and regulate behavior and long-term memory formation (especially relating to procedural sequence memory) when either brain damage or a lesion is present. *Orbitofrontal cortex *The orbitofrontal cortex has similar functions as the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex but is thought to be mainly responsible for the ability to make choices and determine right from wrong.
Frontal lobe epilepsy
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Catamenial epilepsy
Rolandic epilepsy
Musicogenic epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy
Generalized epilepsy
Myoclonic epilepsy