“Atonic” means loss of muscle tone. This type of seizure is also known as akinetic or drop seizures. Atonic seizures oftentimes begin during childhood and are most common in children, although ...

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent seizures. While seizures are the most recognisable symptom, early signs of epilepsy can often present in more subtle ways, making ...

Drop attacks are sometimes referred to as: atonic seizures drop seizures akinetic ... This causes an immediate loss of muscle tone and strength. All or most of the muscles in the body may go ...

Atonic seizure: A seizure that causes a sudden loss of muscle tone, particularly in the arms and legs, and often causes the patient to fall. Aura: A warning or initial symptom at the beginning of ...

Corpus callosotomy is successful in stopping drop attacks, or atonic seizures in which a person suddenly loses muscle tone and falls to the ground, in about 50% to 75% of cases. This can decrease ...

Trauma to, or disorders of, the nerves involved in the reflex arc (the brain, spinal cord, bladder innervation) can lead to atonic bladder. In some cases, thinning of the detrusor muscle ...

An atonic bladder, sometimes called a flaccid or acontractile bladder, refers to a bladder whose muscles don’t fully contract. This makes it hard to urinate. Usually, when your bladder fills ...