Epilepsy, Migraine

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Across
  1. 2. A multifunctional neurotransmitter released during migraine that causes dilation of cranial blood vessels, activation of inflammatory pathways, and amplification of pain signals
  2. 4. An unusual intolerance of light that is often experienced by people with migraine
  3. 5. Wires placed on the head to see when our brain signals make little rows of wavy lines so the doctor can know more about the seizure
  4. 10. On 15 or more days per month for more than 3 months, with migraine headache features on at least 8 days
  5. 12. A seizure impacting both hemispheres and causing the patient to become relaxed and fall forwards is called a?
  6. 16. A type of seizure that looks like the person went stiff as a board in their arms, legs, or torso
  7. 17. Functional junction (or point of close contact) between 2 neurons, or between a neuron and an effector -
  8. 18. What type of seizure involves a sudden loss and regain of consciousness?
  9. 20. A class of medications used to treat migraine headaches. Members of this class act as agonists at 5-HT receptors in the brain -
  10. 22. What seizure has only one symptom - short muscle twitches?
  11. 23. What the brain uses to tell different parts of the body what to do (like your arms, legs, eyes, ears, and more!)
  12. 25. Headache occurring on less than 15 days per month over the last 3 months, which on some days
  13. 26. A disorder that makes someone have seizures sometimes with no known cause
Down
  1. 1. When someone has a continuous seizure for more than 5 minutes
  2. 3. A seizure impacting both hemispheres and causing the patient to become stiff/flexed and fall is called a?
  3. 6. First line for tension headaches
  4. 7. Most well-known trigger of epileptic seizures?
  5. 8. A phase of migraine that may come before the headache (attack) phase; characterized by visual, sensory
  6. 9. Composed of three phases, prodrome (premonitory), headache phase, and postdrome, with each having distinct and sometimes disabling symptoms
  7. 11. When the person falls down, shakes, has trouble breathing, stiffens up, moves their hands and legs, throws up, or pees. It can also be when simply looking confused and blinking our eyes quickly.
  8. 13. Which popular cartoon caused hundreds of epileptic Japanese children to experience seizures while watching?
  9. 14. Symptoms of epilepsy depend on the XXX affected
  10. 15. A seizure affecting both hemispheres of the brain is called a?
  11. 19. An exaggerated or abnormally acute sense of smell
  12. 21. Anti-epileptic used for migraine prophylaxis
  13. 24. People with epilepsy have recurring and unpredictable