title: Syncopes and seizures.
abstract: A recent videometric analysis of 56 brief syncopes showed myoclonic activity in 90%, together with head turns, upward gaze, oral automatisms, righting movements and visual and auditory hallucinations in 60-80%. Characteristic precipitation factors, premonition features such as nausea, sweating and palpitation, brief duration (< 25 sec), absence of paroxysmal electroencephalogram activity and no evidence for disorientation, exhaustion or sleep after the attack, are useful discriminating factors.
authors.affiliation: Epilepsy Research Group, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013575:Syncope / Q000503:physiopathology*