Lecture 4

Question 1

What is Epilepsy?

Answer 1

a disorder or condition
characterised by chronic,
recurring seizure.

Schwartzkroin, 1997

Question 2

What are seizures?

Answer 2

spontaneous and

unpredictable.

Question 3

Epilepsy vs Seizures?

Answer 3

epilepsy- disorder/condition

seizure - happen for a variety of reasons and are usually spontaneous

Question 4

what does spontaneity reflects?

Answer 4

our lack of understanding

Question 5

what is a redirected activations

Answer 5

altering wavelengths, sending irritations to another way.

Question 6

seizures can happen due to ?

Answer 6

• fatigue/sleeplessness-sleep pattern
• your diet - not eating when you should eat
• drugs alcohol
• stress

Question 7

How many types of seizures and what are they?

Answer 7

2

• generalised seizure
• partial seizure

Question 8

Which seizure is consciousness retained and lost?

Answer 8

retained- simple partial

lost- CPs

Question 9

how many types of partial seizure?

Answer 9

2

• simple
• complex

Question 10

Where SPS occur?

Answer 10

SPS occur predominately in the

neocortex (but not always).

Question 11

Where CPS occur?

Answer 11

CPS
occur predominately in sub-cortical temporal lobe structures
such as the hippocampal formation, amygdala, etc (but again
not always). CPS can occur in the temporal lobe itself as well as
frontal lobe.