Antiepileptic Drugs

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Anticonvulsants

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substances or procedures that prevent or reduce the severity or epileptic or other convulsive seizures

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Antiepileptic drugs

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Prescription drugs that prevent or reduce the severity of epilepsy and different types of epileptic seizures, not just convulsive seizures.

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Convulsion

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A type of seizure involving excessive stimulation of neurons in the brain and characterized y the spasmodic contraction of voluntary muscles.

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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A recording of the electrical actively that arises from spontaneous currents in nerve cells in the brain, derived from electrodes placed on the outer skull

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Generalized onset seizures

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seizures originating simultaneously in both cerebral hemispheres

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Partial onset seizures

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seizures originating in a more localized region of the brain

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Seizure

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excessive stimulation of neurons in the brain leading to a sudden burst of abnormal neuron activity that results in temporary changes in brain function, primarily affectingsensory and motor activity

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Status epilepticus

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a seizure disorder characterized by generalized tonic-clonic convulsions that occur repeatedly; considered a medical emergency

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tonic-clonic seizures

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seizures involving initial muscular contraction throughout the body (tonic phase), progressing to alternating contraction and relaxation (clonic phase)