Despite its rarity, NCSE is found in a wide variety of situations in childhood, some of which are described in detail below. For the sake of clarity, these conditions can be grouped in three separate ...

Myoclonus (pronounced "my-OCK-lo-nus") is a sudden muscle spasm that you can’t control. It can be a natural reflex – like jumping when something scares you or getting the hiccups from laughing too ...

A 20-year-old woman presented to a specialist epilepsy center with seizures, myoclonus, ataxia, and impaired executive functions. She was born to unrelated parents, had febrile seizures in infancy, ...

Dementia worsens as the nerve cells in the brain become progressively damaged and can no longer function. Over time, this can jeopardise a person's thinking abilities and motor skills. This is why ...

Etomidate is widely used for induction in general anaesthesia due to its stability in haemodynamics and rapid onset of action. However, its use is frequently complicated by the occurrence of myoclonus ...

Researchers have developed a highly accurate, explainable machine learning model that can differentiate between essential tremor (ET) and cortical myoclonus (CM) using wearable sensor data. A new ...

Sleep myoclonus is involuntary, nonrhythmic muscle twitching that occurs either as a person falls asleep or during sleep. The movements include hiccups, starts, and jerks. Sleep myoclonus is not a ...