Atonic Seizures Occur Without Any Warning and Can Result in Severe

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True/False

Atonic seizures occur without any warning and can result in severe head and/or facial trauma.

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Definitions:

Narcolepsy

A chronic sleep disorder characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep.

Sleep

A naturally recurring state of mind and body characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity, and inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles during rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM stages.

NREM Sleep

A type of sleep characterized by non-rapid eye movement, encompassing stages 1-3 of the sleep cycle.

Delta Waves

Slow, high amplitude brainwaves associated with the deepest stages of sleep and meditative states.