title: Finger snapping during seizures.
abstract: We describe two patients who showed snapping of the right hand fingers during invasive intracranial EEG evaluation for epilepsy surgery. We correlated the EEG changes with the finger-snapping movements in both patients to determine the underlying pathophysiology of this phenomenon. At the time of finger snapping, EEG spread from the supplementary motor area towards the temporal region was seen, suggesting involvement of these sites.
authors: Department of Neurology, Medical Center The Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Overdijk
authors: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands ; SEIN, Epilepsy Institute in the Netherlands Foundation, Heemstede, The Netherlands.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Zijlmans
authors: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors: P H
authors: PH
authors: Gosselaar
authors: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, Montréal, Canada.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Olivier
authors: SEIN, Epilepsy Institute in the Netherlands Foundation, Heemstede, The Netherlands.
authors: F S S
authors: FS
authors: Leijten
authors: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, Montréal, Canada.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Dubeau
keywords: Automatism; Complex partial seizure; Epilepsy; Finger snapping; Intracranial EEG; Semiology