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Changes in cardiac function such as tachycardia or bradycardia could be often associated. We report a short case series of four patients with temporal lobe epilepsy admitted to our Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) presenting with an ictal central apnea as the first clinical manifestation of their seizures. None of these patients was aware of the occurrence of respiratory arrest. Age at onset ranged from 15 to 29 years. One patient had seizures with prolonged central apnea accompanied by a significant decrease in oxygen saturation. Neuroimaging in two patients showed alterations of mesial temporal lobe structures, including the amygdala. Recent neurophysiological studies supported the existence of a cortical network involving the limbic system that modulates downstream brainstem respiratory centers. 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