title: Focal akinetic seizures as documented by electroencephalography and video recordings.
abstract: In three patients with focal epilepsies, focal akinetic seizures that were characterized by ictal paresis of the contralateral arm during preserved consciousness were recorded with EEG and video. MRI and ictal/interictal EEG revealed a frontal or central focus in all patients. Focal akinetic seizures are probably due to epileptic activation of negative motor areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noachtar
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Lüders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014741:Video Recording