Partial seizures only affect one part of the body, while
generalized seizures affect the entire body.
When the electrical activity spreads through the brain,
a generalized seizure affecting the entire body occurs.
Not exact matches
In laboratory research, rodent models of
seizure activity, typically differentiate between absence
seizures (a type of
generalized epilepsy, in which electrical activity of the entire brain is
affected), and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (a type of partial epilepsy, which only
affects one hemisphere of the brain).
This is a type of
generalized seizure where the excessive electrical activity occurs on both sides of the brain, so both sides of the body are
affected.
Generalized seizures visibly
affect the entire body and are characterized by overall stiffness and / or spastic, involuntary movements.
Focal
seizures affect only a small part of the brain, whereas
generalized seizures tend to
affect both sides of the brain.
Six of the
affected dogs began with mild
generalized seizures that progressed to grand mal
seizures over the course of their disease.
[5, 7, 8, 11 — 13]
Affected dogs may also have
generalized tonic - clonic or focal
seizures [13].
Classic primary epilepsy is considered by most veterinary neurologists to have
generalized (
affecting the whole body from the start), tonic, clonic
seizures without any detectable cause.