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Myoclonus is a brief, involuntary, irregular (lacking rhythm) twitching of a muscle, a joint, or a group of muscles, different from clonus, which is rhythmic or regular.. Myoclonus (myo-"muscle", clonus "spasm") describes a medical sign and, generally, is not a diagnosis of a dis
When the core body temperature drops, the shivering reflex is triggered to maintain homeostasis. Skeletal muscles begin to shake in small movements, creating warmth by expending energy. Shivering can also be a response to fever, as a person may feel cold. During fever, the hypothalamic set point for temperature is raised.
A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.
Piloerection (goose bumps), the physical part of frisson. Frisson (UK: / ˈ f r iː s ɒ n / FREE-son, US: / f r iː ˈ s oʊ n / free-SOHN [1] [2] French:; French for "shiver"), also known as aesthetic chills or psychogenic shivers, is a psychophysiological response to rewarding stimuli (including music, films, stories, people, photos, and rituals [3]) that often induces a pleasurable or ...
A migraine attack can be a debilitating condition. But a headache is just one part. There are other subtle warning symptoms to watch out for, neurologists say.
Part of the SNS response to a full bladder is the release of catecholamines (including epinephrine, norepinephrine and dopamine), which are dispatched to help restore or maintain blood pressure. [1] When urination begins, the PNS takes over, and catecholamine production changes.
Where once it hosted genre classics and tired B-movies, Shudder now spawns its own killer offspring, with a new "Shudder Original" hitting the service almost every week. But like all good monsters ...
Mister Smith Entertainment has revealed further sales of the body horror feature “Grafted” to multiple territories following this weekend’s Spanish premiere screening at Sitges Film Festival ...