Pharmacology 2060A/B Lecture 14: Module 14B
8 Aug 2016
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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 behaviour that is caused by cns dysfunction. 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. These seizures arise in one area of the brain. The terms focal seizure and partial seizure are interchangeable. There are two types of focal/partial seizures: simple partial seizure, complex partial seizure, simple partial seizure. Symptoms depend on where the seizure activity is arising from.
