Seizure

Question 1

True or False? Epilepsy is a brain disease.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Unprovoked seizures occur in response to:

Answer 2

Without a clear immediate or proximal cause

Question 2

Provoked seizures occur in response to:

Answer 2

An acute illness or injury

Question 3

Asking about sleep patterns during a neurocognitive evaluation is important because:

Answer 3

Seizures occurring during sleep may go unrecognized and place the individual at risk for subsequent seizures

Question 4

Epilepsy onset is most likely to occur:

Answer 4

In early childhood

Question 5

In students with epilepsy, the thalamo-frontocortical network:

Answer 5

Has been associated with attention deficits

Has been associated with executive dysfunction

Has been associated with planning inefficiencies

Question 6

True or False? Miocrostructural changes in the brain resulting from epilepsy are always visible on imaging studies.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or False? Epilepsy has been associated with greater incidence of emotional and behavioral differences than the typical population.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Epilepsy may impact sensory processing:

Answer 8

Across multiple areas of brain as the thalamus works to communicate information between sensory processing areas and those signals may be distorted

Question 9

The postictal stage varies and is likely to be related to:

Answer 9

The intensity and/or duration of the ictal phase