Ictal blinking triggered by isolated spikes as the only manifestation of seizures.
Roohi KatyalShirin Jamal-OmidiTakafumi KubotaNaiara Garcia-LosarcosHans LüdersPublished in: Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape (2023)
Our study shows that isolated cortical spikes can induce epileptic seizures consisting exclusively of blinks. These findings emphasize the importance of careful EEG and EOG analysis to determine blinking as the only ictal phenomenon. We additionally describe a new technique to prove the temporal relationship between cortical discharges and a specific movement when, in addition to the movements triggered by a spike, the same movement is also spontaneously performed by the patient (in this case, blinking).