Jacksonian seizure (or Jacksonian march) is associated with a form of epilepsy. They involve a progression of the location of the seizure in the brain, which leads to a "march" of the motor presentation. (more)
Genres: health
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Muscle:
Muscle (from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus "mouse" ) is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. Muscle cells contain contractile filaments that move past each other and change the size of t
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Brain:
In animals, the brain is the control center of the central nervous system, responsible for behavior. In mammals, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory apparatus of vision, hearing, equilibrioception
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England:
England ( ) is the largest and most populous country within the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain
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Neuron:
Neurons ( , also known as neurones and nerve cells) are electrically excitable cells in the nervous system that process and transmit information. Neurons are the core components of the brain, the vertebrate spinal cord, the invertebrate ventral nerve
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Neurology:
Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their cove
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Primary motor cortex:
The primary motor cortex (or M1) works in association with pre-motor areas to plan and execute movements. M1 contains large neurons known as Betz cells which send long axons down the spinal cord to synapse onto alpha motor neurons which connect to t
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John Hughlings Jackson:
John Hughlings Jackson, FRS (March 4, 1835 - October 7, 1911), was an English neurologist; born at Providence Green, Green Hammerton, Yorkshire.
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