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🧵1/ Definition: These are seizures characterized by "twitching" movements of a body part. "Clonus" is simply considered a repetitive form of "Myoclonus"
2. This peculiar posturing or arm movement may or may not occur with a versive head/eye movement. If it does occur with version, it appears as if the patient is looking at their hand. 
1/ The epileptogenic zone (EZ) is defined as the minimum area of cortex indispensable for seizure production, which when removed (or disconnected) leads to seizure freedom. 
2/ There are two main subtypes- automotor seizures and hypermotor seizures. Some other rarer forms include gelastic, dacrystic, kissing, spitting, verbalization seizures. 
2/ There are three main types of somatosensory auras: Paresthetic auras, Painful auras, Thermal auras
2/ Visual auras can be classified into many types- simple visual hallucinations, complex visual hallucinations, visual illusions and ictal amaurosis. #Seizure #Semiology #Neurotwitter 
2/ The first formal description of clonic seizures was provided by Louis Francois Bravais in 1827. He described "hemiplegic epilepsy" where the 'convulsion' was restricted to one side of the body. This was part of his thesis for the degree of MD at Univ. of Paris. #NeuroTwitter 
