Pharmacology 2060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Agoraphobia, Suicidal Ideation, Monoamine Oxidase A
29 Mar 2017
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Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that produces brief disturbances in the normal electrical activity in the brain. Epilepsy is characterized by sudden, brief seizures, the nature and intensity of which vary from person to person. Seizure = a sudden alteration of behavior that is caused by cns dysfunction: seizures are sudden and transient, not always epileptic. Epileptic seizure = a seizure that is caused by primary cns dysfunction: this is due to excess depolarization and hypersynchronization of neurons. Non-epileptic seizure = a seizure-like episode that is not the result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Epilepsy = a tendency for recurrent spontaneous epileptic seizures. Status epilepticus = a single unremitting epileptic seizure of duration longer than 30 minutes or frequent seizures without recovery of awareness in between: status epilepticus is an emergency. These structures arise in one area of the brain. The terms focal seizure and partial seizure are interchangeable.
