Part9Part9AntiepilepticandAntiepilepticandAnticonvulsantDrugsAnticonvulsantDrugsPsychomotorseizuresPsychomotorseizuresPetitmal(absence)Petitmal(absence)Grandmal(tonic-clonic)Grandmal(tonic-clonic)EpilepsyisnotasingleEpilepsyisnotasingleentity;itisafamilyofentity;itisafamilyofdifferentrecurrentseizuredifferentrecurrentseizuredisordersthathaveindisordersthathaveincommonthesudden,commonthesudden,excessiveanddisorderlyexcessiveanddisorderlydischargeofcentralneurons.dischargeofcentralneurons.ThisresultsinabnormalThisresultsinabnormalmovementorperceptionsmovementorperceptionsthatareofshortdurationbutthatareofshortdurationbutthattendtorecur.thattendtorecur.Classificationofepilepsy(older)Classificationofepilepsy(older)Generalizedseizures(Generalizedseizures(全身发作全身发作))GrandmalGrandmal((大发作大发作):):tonic-clonicseizurestonic-clonicseizures((强直-阵挛强直-阵挛))PetitmalPetitmal((小发作小发作):):absenceseizuresabsenceseizures((失神发作失神发作))Partialseizures(Partialseizures(部分性发作部分性发作))PshychomotorPshychomotor((精神运动性精神运动性):):temporallobeseizurestemporallobeseizures((颞叶癫痫颞叶癫痫))PartialPartial((部分发作部分发作):):motor,sensory,ANS,motor,sensory,ANS,etc.etc.((局限性发作局限性发作))ClassificationofepilepsyClassificationofepilepsyNormalEEGNormalEEGAbsenceEEGAbsenceEEGThepathwaysforThepathwaysforseizurepropagationinseizurepropagationinpartialseizuresandpartialseizuresandprimarygeneralizedprimarygeneralizedseizuresseizuresStereotypicalcomplexpartialseizuresStereotypicalcomplexpartialseizuresMechanismsofantiepilepticdrugsMechanismsofantiepilepticdrugsElectrophysiologicalElectrophysiologicalInhibitingexcessivedischargesInhibitingexcessivedischargesInhibitingspreadofdischargesInhibitingspreadofdischargesMolecularMolecularPotentiatingGABAneuronalfunctionsPotentiatingGABAneuronalfunctionsModulatingNaModulatingNa++,Ca,Ca2+2+,K,K++channelfuctionschannelfuctionsA.A.Antiepile...