This is an essay about the disease epilepsy where i talk about its action on the brain and its functions

1. Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a neurological disease caused by an abnormal, excessive and
synchronous electrical activity of groups and neurons, which leads to different types
of neurological manifestations that will depend on the region of the brain in which
they occur and the specificity of the patient. There are two types of epileptic seizures
which are focal and generalized.
In Focal Crises, the abnormal discharges are in only one main area, being in
circumscribed areas of the cortex and can propagate, leading to the involvement of
other areas of the same, leading to the involvement of a large part or all of it.
Generalized seizures occur on both sides of the brain through abnormal electrical
charges, which affects large cortical areas and possibly also subcortical ones.
Focal epilepsy seizures can be divided into: Temporal Lobe, Frontal Lobe, Occipital
Lobe and Parietal Lobe epilepsy.
The temporal lobe crisis affects the left hemisphere of the brain where the
hippocampus is located, responsible for receiving new information and storing it for a
short period of time and is caused, in most cases, by atrophy of the hippocampus.
Frontal Lobe epilepsy is activated in the frontal cortex area, then affects the region
where executive functions such as motor, linguistic expression, memory and behavior
mental planning functions are grouped, causing interference in psychomotor
activities such as muscle contraction, once that the frontal lobe has a weaker
planning capacity.
Epilepsy of the Occipital Lobe, a region located at the back of the brain, affects the
visual system causing disturbances of visual variations such as flickering and
distorted lights.
The Parietal Lobe is located between the Frontal Lobe and the Temporal Lobe and is
responsible for the body's information and processing related to temperature, pain
and body sensitivity, so the epilepsy that affects this region causes sensitivity
disorders, such as excessive heat, tingling and numbness.
Among the seizures of generalized epilepsy we have: the atonic seizure, the
generalized tonic-clonic seizure, the absence seizure and the myoclonic seizure.
Starting with the atonic crisis where there is a sudden loss of muscle tone, which can
cause a fall.
We have the tonic-clonic seizure that starts on both sides of the brain and causes the
body to stiffen in the tonic phase and convulse in the clonic phase. Absence seizures
also affect both sides of the brain and are caused by abrupt cessation of activity and
responsiveness with minimal associated movements, leading to a lapse of
consciousness for a short period of time such that the person remains motionless,
absorbed and with fixed gaze. Finally, myoclonic seizures cause brief, rapid
contractions of body muscles, which often occur simultaneously on both sides of the
body.
During this course, I was provided with a much greater knowledge and understanding
of neuroscience, which in itself is a very vast and very extensive study, since the
system is very important in our day and also very complex. Each movement, each
sensation, each activity carried out in our daily lives involves the action of the

2. nervous system and with this course, the understanding of all these stimuli was
provided and very well explained.