Doctors identify these movements as 'fasciculations', because they occur when individual nerve fibers, which control small muscle groups activate independently to produce brief muscle contractions.

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Abstract: Muscle fasciculations, resulting from the spontaneous activation of motor neurons, may be associated with neurological disorders, and are often assessed with intramuscular electromyography ...

2 Sydney Medical School Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Dr Andrew Eisen, ...

Correspondence to: Professor Kerry R Mills Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK; kerry.mills1kingsch.nhs.uk Electromyography (EMG), the ...

Seizures can cause jerking, twitching, and changes in behavior. Generalized seizures affect both sides of the brain at the same time. Absence seizures can go unnoticed with no obvious movements.

Hemifacial spasm is a rare disorder, commonly causing eye and mouth twitching on one side of the face. Common causes include compression of the facial nerve by a blood vessel. Botox injections and ...