Seizures in newborns do not always show a clear electro-clinical correlation. The real epileptic nature of some stereotyped rhythmic movements, included in the ‘subtle seizures’ and considered as brainstem release phenomena, is still debated. We report a brain injured newborn, who displayed several episodes of repetitive limb movements. The ictal EEG discharge, during one of these episodes, was associated with a motor pattern modification, which was endowed with quadrupedal locomotion kinematic features. This might represent an indirect evidence of cervical and lumbar Central Pattern Generators interconnection with in-phase coordination between diagonal limbs since the first hours of life in humans.
Neonatal seizure automatism and human inborn pattern of quadrupedal locomotion / Pavlidis, Elena; Cantalupo, Gaetano; Cattani, Luca; Tassinari, CARLO ALBERTO; Pisani, Francesco. - In: GAIT & POSTURE. - ISSN 0966-6362. - 49:(2016), pp. 232-234. [10.1016/j.gaitpost.2016.07.015]
Neonatal seizure automatism and human inborn pattern of quadrupedal locomotion
PAVLIDIS, Elena;CANTALUPO, Gaetano;CATTANI, LUCA;TASSINARI, CARLO ALBERTO;PISANI, Francesco
2016-01-01
Abstract
Seizures in newborns do not always show a clear electro-clinical correlation. The real epileptic nature of some stereotyped rhythmic movements, included in the ‘subtle seizures’ and considered as brainstem release phenomena, is still debated. We report a brain injured newborn, who displayed several episodes of repetitive limb movements. The ictal EEG discharge, during one of these episodes, was associated with a motor pattern modification, which was endowed with quadrupedal locomotion kinematic features. This might represent an indirect evidence of cervical and lumbar Central Pattern Generators interconnection with in-phase coordination between diagonal limbs since the first hours of life in humans.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.