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Allow the folks at BrainConnection to teach you all about the anatomy of the brain & the central nervous system

Check out this great info site. It's an interactive infographic of a brain, highlighted by areas and explanations of what that area is known to do.

Click on the icon to the left to find out everything you want to know concerning the brain and how it functions.

Let the folks at the NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center tell you all about epilepsy provoking factors, AEDS, first aid for seizures, surgical therapies and much more.

Is it possible to manipulate seizure activity?
Click on the picture to the left to read what the experts have to say.

Let the folks at the World Health Organization give you an historical overview regarding epilepsy from as far back as 4500B.C.

Let the people at CNS tell you all about the different areas of the brain and their functions.

Let the folks at PBS tell you all about the Secret Life of the Brain. They have a wealth of info from the history of the brain, to cool pics of 3-D anatomy of the different lobes & much more.

Let the people at 1on1health give you the basics on epilepsy as well as some useful info to print off and help you track your world of E

First, pick which area of the brain you want to view. Then, move the cursor over a given area and watch it light up in color and tell you what that area of the brain does.

Is there a correlation between Epilepsy and Dystonia? Many persons with each respective condition show the same neurological and muskulo-skeletal exhibits during a given event.

Some of us often forget some of the jargon others use when talking about epilepsy. Or, maybe when we're explaining certain details to friends or family we forget that they don't always know some of the short form terminology......so, here's a a few fragments to help us all out :

E - Epilepsy

epi - epileptologist

neuro - neurologist

AED - Anti Epileptic Drug

TLE - Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

RTL - Right Temporal Lobe

sz - seizure

CP or CPS - Complex Partial Seizure

SP - Simple Partial Seizure

GTC - Generalized Tonic-Clonic.

GM - Grand Mal seizure (now called a tonic-clonic seizure)

TC - Tonic-clonic seizure (formerly called grand mal)

A - Absence seizure

EPI - Epileptologist

dx - diagnosis

JME- Juvenile-onset Myoclonic Epilepsy

NT - night terrors

Catamenial epilepsy - seizures somehow connected with/related to hormones and the female cycle

VNS - Vagus Nerve Stimulator, an implanted device that can help control/stop seizures

DBS - Deep Brain Stimulation, a form of surgery where a stimulator is put in the upper chest with wires & electrodes attached to the brain, stopping or cutting back on the amount of seizures.

EEG: ElectroEncephaloGram: Wires laid on your head with either putty or glue (depending on length of test -- 1/2 hr to several days) to look for Seizure Activity.

VEEG - video EEG - this is where they put you in the hospital for several days (or more) hooked up and watched on camera at all times. Helps in identifying the seizure focus, or in finding seizures a regular EEG did not pick up. Getting the glue out of your hair has been the topic of many discussions here!

AEEG - ambulatory EEG - where you are hooked up to an EEG machine that you 'wear', then you go home with it. Usually 24-48 hours.

PET Scan: Positron Emission Tomography Scan: A Scan, in this case, of the brain, which checks to see if the brain is metabolizing glucose or not.

Neuropsych - Neuropsychological testing - a series of tests (written, oral, manipulation, etc.) which are designed to help understand where in the brain you are processing information.

Kindling - this is a theory that not all neurologists agree on. It says that the brain "learns" to seize, by seizing. You create neural pathways (get better at doing something) by doing something repeatedly, so theoretically the brain gets better at seizing. Under this theory, it is important to stop ALL seizures, not just most.

Auras - the distortions of perception - simple partial seizures that come before a complex partial or grand mal seizure

Ictal - the period of time that is the seizure.

P-I or Post-Ictal the period of time after a seizure, in confusion (often includes confusion, sleepiness, exhaustion)

Status (or Status epilepticus) - a condition of continual seizures (of any kind) is a seizure, which lasts for a long time, or repeats without recovery. This prolonged or repeated seizure activity can be life threatening and requires emergency attention.

In reference to med dosage:
bid - twice daily
tid - three times daily
qid - four times daily
po - orally, by mouth
prn - as needed