3.  The anticonvulsants (also commonly known as antiepileptic drugs) are a diverse group of pharmaceuticals used in the treatment of epileptic seizures.pharmaceuticalsepilepticseizures  Anticonvulsants are also increasingly being used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, since many seem to act as mood stabilizers, and for the treatment of neuropathic pain.bipolar disordermood stabilizersneuropathic pain  The goal of an anticonvulsant is to suppress the rapid and excessive firing of neurons that start a seizure.neurons  An effective anticonvulsant would prevent the spread of the seizure within the brain and offer protection against possible excitotoxic effects, that may result in brain damage. excitotoxicbrain damage  Anticonvulsants are more accurately called antiepileptic drugs

4.  A convulsion is a medical condition where body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in an uncontrolled shaking of the body.

6.  Used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances and resins.  Hydantoin anticonvulsants are used most often to control certain convulsions or seizures in the treatment of epilepsy.  This drugs is also used in focal epilepsy and temporaral lobe epilepsy.  This are also used as cardiac arrhythmias.

8.  This medication is used for seizure disorders.  It is also used as a short-term sleep aid (for insomnia), and for tension relief (e.g., before a medical procedure).sleep  These drugs are sometimes used to help patients relax before surgery.  Although barbiturates have been used to treat nervousness and sleep problems, they have generally been replaced by other medicines for these purposes.

10.  It is used in a variety of organic synthesis, as well as in some industrial silver plating processes.  It is useful drug for petit mal epilepsy and is more effective than trimethadione

12.  It is used in the treatment of epilepsy and other seizure disorders.epilepsy  This medication prevents or controls seizures.  This medicine acts on the central nervous system (CNS) to reduce the number and severity of seizures.