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VNS Therapy |
Adjunctive therapy to reduce frequency of seizures in patients 4+ years with partial onset seizures refractory to antiepileptic medications |
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VNS Therapy (depression) |
long term treatment of chronic/recurrent depression for pations 18+ years who have no adequate response to antidepressants |
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Seizure |
Brief, temporary disturbance in electrical activity in the brain |
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Seizure causes |
Sleep deprivation Medications/drugs Duet Infection Flashing lights Hyperventilation Dehydration Stress |
Events that disrupt homeostasis |
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Glutamate |
The brain’s major excitatory neurotransmitter |
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GABA |
brain: major inhibitory neurotransmitter |
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Normal CNS function |
Excitation and inhibition balance |
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PNES |
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures; symptoms of seizures without unusual brain activity |
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How many people have epilepsy? |
65 Million around the world 3.4 Million in the United States |
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EEG |
Measures and records activity in the brain. Distinguishes between focal and generalized seizures. |
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MRI |
uses powerful magnetic fields to detect structural abnormalities |
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fMRI |
Non-invasive motor, sensory, language and memory mapping. |
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PET scan |
Uses a tracer to locate disease or injury in the brain |
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Types of Focal Onset Seizures |
Temporal Frontal Parietal Occipital Lobe |
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ILAE Classification of Seizure Types |
Focal Onset Generalized Onset Unknown Onset |
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Simple Partial Seizure |
Focal Aware Seizure |
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Complex Partial Seizure |
Focal Impaired Awareness Seizure |
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Focal Motor Onset behaviors |
Atonic Tonic Clinic Nyoclonic Epileptic Spasms Hyperkinetic Automatisms |
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Non-motor onset behaviors |
Behavior arrest Autonomic Cognitive Emotional Sebsory |
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Grand mal |
generalized tonic-clonic |
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Petit mal |
Absence |
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Psychomotor |
Focal impaired awareness |
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