In petit-mal epilepsy, tonic phase and consciousness loss can last several seconds, and people can stare blankly {absence, epilepsy} with eyelid flickering and/or facial and arm muscle twitching [Crunelli and Leresche, 2002]. Large repeated currents between thalamus and cortex cause absence. People do not fall to ground.
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