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Pharmacology of Antiepileptic Drugs

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Basic Mechanisms Underlying<br />

Seizures and Epilepsy<br />

Seizure: the clinical manifestation <strong>of</strong> an<br />

abnormal and excessive excitation and<br />

synchronization <strong>of</strong> a population <strong>of</strong> cortical<br />

neurons<br />

Epilepsy: a disease characterized by<br />

spontaneous recurrent seizures<br />

Epileptogenesis: sequence <strong>of</strong> events that<br />

converts a normal neuronal network into an<br />

epileptic network

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