간질 이해하기(수료증이 있는 무료 온라인 과정)

For millennia, people have suffered through untreated neurological disorders like schizophrenia and epilepsy as the lack of medical information led their peers to believe that they were possessed by demons or evil spirits. Sadly, those suffering from such conditions were often shunned and mistreated and this continues in many communities today. Of the roughly 50 million people who suffer from epilepsy worldwide, more than 75% do not receive any treatment for their seizures, even in developed countries like the United States. This free online course takes you through the early warning signs of epilepsy and explains its symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.

We begin with a brief history of epilepsy and the last century’s efforts to understand it. We go through the discovery of anti-epileptic drugs and the development of the electroencephalogram (EEG), a test that measures the brain’s electrical activity utilizing electrodes attached to the scalp. The course then defines ‘epilepsy’ and examines its symptoms before moving on to its classification. The International League against Epilepsy divides the disorder into three broad categories: focal, generalized and ‘unknown’ (when there is insufficient data for a solid diagnosis). We track their causes and differences to establish why such categorization is important. We then investigate how an epileptic seizure occurs in the brain and track the electrical signals caused by the seizure as they travel through the brain’s cortical circuits.

발작 전, 중, 후에 뇌에서 발생하는 비정상적인 시냅스 활동의 행동을 이해하는 것은 EEG가 간질 발작을 진단하고 분류하는 데 어떻게 사용되는지 설명하는 데 중요합니다. 이 과정은 전극 배치 및 테스트 프로토콜과 같은 실제적인 세부 사항을 포함하여 EEG 실험을 보여줍니다. 우리는 EEG 판독값을 비교하여 '정상적인' 뇌의 뇌파와 간질 대응 뇌에서 생성된 뇌파를 구별하는 방법을 보여줍니다. 우리는 '간질 발생', '간질 아우라' 및 '잭슨 행진'과 같은 의학 용어를 풀어냅니다. 그런 다음 이 과정은 가장 필요한 사람들을 위해 간질 진단 도구에 대한 접근성을 확대하기 위한 현대적 노력에 대해 깊이 파고들고 새로운 항간질제를 발견하려는 현재 의학 연구를 살펴봅니다. 이 과정은 의대생이나 간질을 앓고 있는 사랑하는 사람이 있는 모든 사람에게 적합합니다. 이 치료 가능한 신경 장애에 대한 인식을 확산하기 위한 전 세계적인 노력에 참여하기 위해 등록하세요.

• Module 1: Using EEG Data to Classify Epilepsy
• Module 2: Course Assessment

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

• Define ‘epilepsy’
• Classify epileptic seizures
• Discuss the symptoms and causes of epilepsy
• Explain how to diagnose epilepsy with an EEG
• Describe the international EEG electrode placement method
• Compare ‘normal’ EEG readings to their epileptic counterparts

Knowledge & Skills You Will Learn

• Health Management
• Neuroscience
• Medicine
• Disability
• Epilepsy