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
