了解癫痫（带证书的免费在线课程）

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.

了解癫痫发作前、发作期间和发作后大脑中异常突触活动的行为对于说明如何使用脑电图来诊断和分类癫痫发作非常重要。本课程演示脑电图实验，包括电极放置和测试协议等实际细节。我们将向您展示如何比较脑电图读数，以区分“正常”大脑的脑电波和癫痫发作产生的脑电波。我们将解释“癫痫发生”、“癫痫先兆”和“杰克逊进行曲”等医学术语。然后，本课程将深入探讨当代为扩大最需要癫痫诊断工具的人的使用范围而做出的努力，并探讨当前试图发现新型抗癫痫药物的医学研究。本课程适合医学生或任何有亲人患有癫痫的人。报名参加全球活动，以传播对这种可治疗的神经系统疾病的认识。

• 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