What is Versive head movement?

Versive movements were defined as clonic or tonic head and eye deviations, unquestionably forced and involuntary, resulting in sustained unnatural posi- tioning of the head and eyes. Nonversive lateral head and eye movements were mild, unsustained, wandering, or seemingly voluntary.

What is a Versive seizure?

Versive seizures are defined as a forced and involuntary turning of the head and eyes in one direction with an associated neck extension resulting in a sustained unnatural position of both. The frontal eye fields are the symptomatogenic zone.

What causes reflex epilepsy?

The most common triggers for reflex seizures are visual stimuli, followed by sensory, auditory, somatosensory, olfactory, or proprioceptive stimuli. More complex triggers are less frequent, such as reading, hearing music, or praxis.

What is reflex epilepsy?

Reflex epilepsies are a group of epilepsy syndromes in which a certain trigger or stimulus brings on seizures. 85% of reflex seizures are generalized tonic-clonic seizures. The most common form of reflex epilepsy is photosensitive epilepsy, in which flashing lights trigger seizures.

What is ictal cry?

The ictal cry was defined as a prolonged tonic expiratory laryngeal vocalization, or a deep guttural clonic vocalization. The typical laryngeal sound had high sensitivity (85%) and specificity (100%) for epileptic GTC seizures and was not heard in any of the psychogenic cases.

What does an ictal cry sound like?

PNES utterances were weeping, moaning, and coughing. The ictal cry was strongly associated with epileptic GTC and warrants inquiry when taking the history from witnesses of a patient’s seizure.

Can seizures make you emotional?

After a seizure, you may feel anxious or depressed for days or weeks, if the parts of the brain that affect mood are recovering from the seizure. Confusion or memory loss after a seizure can also be worrying or depressing. Before a seizure you may feel irritable, anxious, depressed or aggressive.

How do you tell if you’ve had an absence seizure?

Signs and symptoms of absence seizures include:

1. Sudden stop in motion without falling.
2. Lip smacking.
3. Eyelid flutters.
4. Chewing motions.
5. Finger rubbing.
6. Small movements of both hands.

When does the asymmetrical tonic neck reflex integrate?

The asymmetrical tonic neck reflex, also known as ‘fencing posture’, is present at one month of age and integrates at around four months. When the child’s head is turned to the side, the arm on that side will straighten and the opposite arm will bend (sometimes the motion will be very subtle or slight).

When does the Babinski reflex fade in adults?

The Babinski reflex is a sign of neurological abnormality (e.g., upper motor neuron lesion) in adults. The Galant reflex, also known as Galant’s infantile reflex, is present at birth and fades between the ages of four to six months.

What are some of the adaptive value of reflexes?

Adaptive value of reflexes. Reflexes vary in utility. Some reflexes hold a survival value (e.g., the rooting reflex, which helps a breastfed infant find the mother’s nipple). Babies display the rooting reflex only when they are hungry and touched by another person, not when they touch themselves.

What is the significance of head and eye turning?

Maintenance of awareness during versive movements indicated a contralateral focus in 100% and origin from the frontal lobe in 93%; a temporal focus was more likely if awareness was not maintained. Ictal versive movements, if unequivocal, consistent, and forced, are of reliable lateralizing and localizing value.