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Obviously not. In a simple partial seizure we know the neurons are not communicating in the normal way, and yet consciousness is preserved.apeiron said:If a seizure does indeed render the normal organised connectedness of the brain moot, then the result is...unconsciousness.
Somatosensory-primary sensory cortex seizures usually elicit positive or negative sensations contralateral to the discharge.[3] Symptoms associated with seizures from the postcentral gyrus include the following:
Tingling
Numbness
Pain
Heat
Cold
Agnosia
Phantom sensations
Sensations of movement
Abdominal pain usually originates from the temporal lobe, and genital pain from the mesial parietal sensory cortex. The posterior parietal cortex is the likely origin of limb agnosia.
Supplemental sensory-secondary sensory cortex seizures may have ipsilateral or bilateral positive or negative sensations or vague axial or diffuse sensations.
Visual-calcarine cortex discharges produce elemental hallucinations including scintillations, scotomata, colored lights, visual field deficits, or field inversion. The visual association cortex is the probable location of origin of complex visual hallucinations and photopsias.
Auditory SPS from the auditory cortex typically are perceived as simple sounds, rather than words or music. Olfactory-uncinate seizures originate from the orbitofrontal cortex and the mesial temporal area. Perceived odors are usually unpleasant, often with a burning quality.
Gustatory seizures usually are associated with temporal lobe origin, although the insula and parietal operculum also have been implicated. Perceived tastes are typically unpleasant, often with a metallic component.
Vestibular seizures originate from various areas, including frontal and temporal-parietal-occipital junction. Symptoms include vertigo, a tilting sensation, and vague dizziness.
Psychic SPS arise predominantly from the temporal and limbic region, including the amygdala, hippocampus, and parahippocampal gyrus. Perceptual hallucinations or illusions are usually complex, visual or auditory, and are rarely bimodal.
Déjà vu and jamais vu phenomena may occur. Fear is usual, but SPS can elicit happiness, sexual arousal, anger, and similar responses. Cognitive responses include feelings of depersonalization, unreality, forced thinking, or feelings that may defy description.
None of these sensations is produced in the ordinary way. They result from the populations of neurons in the given particular area firing wildly in the absence of a legitimate stimulus. The sensations produced are illusions, hallucinations as it were.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1184384-clinical