Q: When I was in the grocery store last week, a person close to me had a full-blown seizure. No one knew what to do. How ...

A 79-year-old man was admitted because of involuntary movements on the left side and transient unresponsiveness. Episodes of involuntary movements had started 9 months earlier. Polling is now closed.

During a seizure, many neurons will send a signal at the same time which will create a surge of electrical activity and cause involuntary movements, sensations, emotions and/or behaviors.

The main symptoms are chorea, which involves involuntary muscle movements, and dystonia, which leads to muscles staying contracted. Seizures and behavioral symptoms are also common.

Jeff Hersh, Ph.D., M.D., can be reached at [email protected]. This article originally appeared on MetroWest Daily News: dystonia causes involuntary muscle movement and there's no cure ...

The patients on levetiracetam showed a significant reduction of involuntary movements with a slight improvement of functional capacity compared with the control group in this study (p < 0.01).

Chorea and hemiballismus are both forms of involuntary movement disorders. Hemiballismus can cause sudden, violent, and flinging motions. Chorea can cause irregular, spontaneous, and nonrepetitive ...

A new study in mice finds that a gene therapy appears to correct a rare creatine deficiency disorder that commonly results in intellectual disabilities, problems with speech, involuntary movements ...

DBS works by interrupting the irregular signals that causes tremors or other involuntary movements. It does not cure these conditions but can improve a patient's quality of life.

A: Dystonia is a disorder of involuntary muscle contractions that may cause repetitive and/or abnormal movement or postures, for example periodic or cyclical muscle movements, twisting motions ...