Abbreviations

AED

antiepileptic drug

ANOVA

analysis of variance

ANS

autonomic nervous system

ApEn

approximate entropy

AVP

vasopressin

α1

short term correlation of RR interval data

α2

long term correlation of RR interval data

BP

blood pressure

CAN

central autonomic network

CBZ

carbamazepine

CNS

central nervous system

CT

computerized tomography

DM

diabetes mellitus

ECG

electrocardiography

EEG

electroencephalography

GABA

gamma-amino butyric acid

GBP

gabapentin

HF

high frequency

HR

heart rate

HRV

heart rate variation

JME

juvenile myoclonus epilepsy

LF

low frequency

LEV

levetiracetam

LTG

lamotrigine

MRI

magnetic resonance imaging

MS

multiple sclerosis

MTLE

mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

MTS

mesial temporal sclerosis

NTS

nucleus of the solitary tract

OXC

oxcarbazepine

PHT

phenytoin

PNS

parasympathetic nervous system

SD

standard deviation

SD1

instantaneous beat to beat variability

SD2

long-term continuous RR interval variability

SNS

sympathetic nervous system

SPECT

single photon emission tomography

SUDEP

sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

TGB

tiagabine

TLE

temporal lobe epilepsy

TPM

topiramate

VGB

vigabatrin

VLF

very low frequency

VNS

vagal nerve stimulatior

VPA

valproate