Central Nervous system drug Flashcards
What is the abnormal motor phenomenon?
Convulsion
A general term that applies to all types of epileptics events.
Seizure
What are commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug?
Phenytoin
What is the treatment for absence, a typical absence seizure.
Clonazepam
Excitation spreads widely throughout both hemispheres of the brain
Generalized Seizure
What disease or disorder results when the neurons in the brain that produce dopamine die?
Parkinson’s Disease
What is the meaning of ADHD?
Attention deficit/ hyperactive disorder
Impedes the entry of drugs into the
brain.
Blood Brain barrier
Used for psychiatric disorders, suppression of seizures, relief of pain, production of anesthesia.
Central nervous system drugs
Characterized by falling asleep during normal walking activities or unable to move.
Narcolepsy
A group of disorder characterized by excessive excitability of neurons in the CNS?
Epilepsy
Treatment of respiratory depression caused by drug overdose and COPD.
Doxapram
Conducting an action potential down the axon of the neuron.
Axonal conduction
Improve the patient’s ability to carry out activities of dally life.
Therapeutic goal
An involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscle group.
Muscle spasm
