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Chapter 15

Across
Epilepsy without an identifiable cause
Atypical form of absence eiplepsy
Usually in children 6 months to 5 years of age
Can lead to: hypotension, hypoxia, and cardiac dysrhythmias, brain damage and death
Used to diagnose epilepsy
Due to inadequate data or do not fit into other category
Neurotransmitter that inhibits brain activity
Drugs such as gabapentin, pregabalin, lamotrigine, and levetiracetam
A drug stimulates the production of enzymes that enhance its own metabolism
Epilepsy with a distinct cause such as trauma, infection, cerebrovascular disorder
Spasms of the upper trunk with flexion of the arms
Partial onset seizure where LOC is reduced but not completely lost
Down
Staring off into space, daydreaming, and inattentive look
Adverse effects: apnea, hypotension, somnolence
Seizures that involve a brief loss of awareness occurring with spasmodic eye blinking
A brief episode of abnormal electrical activity in the nerve cells of the brain
No impaired consciousness, motor symptoms, hallucinations, ANS responses, personality changes
Brief muscle jerks
Characterized by neuronal activity that originates simultaneously in the gray matter of both hemispheres
Used to treat convulsive seizures associated with epilepsy
Associated with autoinduction of hepatic enzymes
Adverse effects: weight gain, hair thinning, hepatotoxicity, prancreatitis
Adjunct therapy for partial seizures
Adjunct therapy for partial, generalized, and for drop attacks
Period of relaxation
Inhibits the reuptake of GABA from the neuronal synapses
"drop attacks"-sudden global muscle weakness