Central Nervous System Flashcards
it impedes the entry of drugs into the brain.
Blood brain barrier
_______ to dopamine and activates dopamine receptors.
Converted
Defined as involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscle group.
Muscle spasm
it is a general term that applies to all types of epileptics’ events.
Seizure
A drug that directly/indirectly cause activation of dopamine receptors.
Dopaminergic drugs
What is the abnormal motor phenomenon?
Convulsion
This is a treatment for respiratory depression caused by drug overdose and COPD.
Doxapram
What is a drug treatment for narcolepsy.
Modafinil
What is the treatment for absence, a typical absence seizure.
Clonazepam
________ may increase anticholinergic adverse efeects.
Amantadine
________ is restricted to acute treatment of status epilepticus.
Diazepam
A drug that can block receptors for ACh.
Anticholinergic agents
Use with MAOI increases the risk of _________ crisis.
Hypertensive
This is the bind to a container protein and act at a receptor resulting in increased GABA in the brain.
Gabapentin
What type of seizures that Excitation undergoes limited spread from the focus to adjacent cortical areas.
Patial Seizures
Use with _________ reduces the effectiveness of levodopa.
Antipsychotic
A slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tremor, rigidity, postural instability and slowed movement.
Parkinson’s Disease
What are the most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug?
Phenytoin
What type of seizures that Excitation spreads widely throughout both hemispheres of the brain.
Generalized Seizures
This is the sickness which unable to move and may collapse.
Narcolepsy
