Seizures Information

Seizures (or convulsions) are temporary alterations in brain function expressing themselves into a changed mental state, tonic or clonic movements and various other symptoms. They are due to temporary abnormal electrical activity of a group of brain cells.

The treatment of seizures is a subspecialty of neurology; the study of seizures is part of neuroscience.

Some seizure types are:
petit mal seizure
Simple partial seizure
partial complex seizure
generalized tonic-clonic seizure
atonic seizure
myoclonic seizure
So-called "Pokemon seizures

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