Vimpat was tested in people 17 years of age and older. Most effective seizure medications are usually effective at all ages, but side effects and dosages can differ. Because Vimpat affects the brain growth factor, CRMP-2, a possible negative effect on brain development in young children cannot be ruled out.
During the 1960s, environmentalism became a mass social movement. Drawing on a culture of political activism inspired in part by the civil rights and antiwar movements, thousands of citizens, particularly young middle-class white men and women, became involved with environmental politics.
A social movement is a type of group action. Social movements can be defined as organizational structures and strategies that may empower oppressed populations to mount effective challenges and resist the more powerful and advantaged elites. They are large, sometimes informal, groupings of individuals or organizations which focus on specific political or social issues. In other words, they carry out, resist, or undo a social change. They provide a way of social change from the bottom within na