What is a Seizure?

A seizure is abnormal electrical activity in the brain or central nervous system result in abnormal motor, sensory, or psychomotor experiences. 

👉Every seizure is not epilepsy.

Seizure

Abnormal Motor Experiences

1. Tonic: Agonist and antagonist fire simultaneously. All the body stiffens.
2. Clonic: Agonist and antagonist fire alternatively. Jerky movement.
3. Tonic-Clonic:-First agonist and antagonist tonically fire than alternatively.
4. Atonic: Sudden electrical activity in motor area goes pathologically down and result in loose of tone.
5. Myotonic: Sudden single jerk recurrently happen.

Abnormal sensory Experiences

1. Somatic- abnormal electrical activity in sensory cortex.
2. Special- abnormal electrical activity in visual, auditory cortex.
3. Visceral- abnormal electrical activity in Insula.

Function of temporal lobe

1. Taste
2. Olfaction
3. Emotion
4. Sexual behaviour
5. Differentiate between fantasy and reality.

Function of Limbic System 

1. Memory
2. Primitive function (olfaction, taste)
3. Sexual behaviour
4. Emotional behaviour

👉👉The limbic system in Association with the temporal lobe is concerned with species survival and perpetuation.

Abnormal psychomotor experiences/Temporal lobe epilepsy

🤙Depends on which area of the temporal lobe is irritated.

• Gustatory hallucination 
• Over familiarity/jamais Vu 
• Olfactory hallucination 
• Sense of unreality/Déjà Vu 
• Sexual behaviour