SUDEP
This study provides additional evidence that lamotrigine and other sodium channel-modulating anti-seizure medications are unlikely to be associated with an increased long-term risk of SUDEP, up to 16?years post epilepsy monitoring unit admission.
The hope is that this critical analysis of available data will avert that the unjustified hype associated with the recent use of ivermectin to control COVID-19 recurs also in neurological diseases such as epilepsy.
Genetics, Pediatric Epilepsy
A team identified 69 different genes carrying somatic brain mutations, the majority of which have never previously reported in MCD.
Pediatric Epilepsy
Mothers were aware of the links between sleep and seizures, yet felt that they lacked guidance about how to address or improve their child's sleep, including from their healthcare teams
Genetics
New tools to help map seizures, gene therapy, and more in this Epilepsy Research News.
A new update on the number of new cases of epilepsy and the number of people with epilepsy in the UK has found differences between the nations.
This warrants detailed investigation of seizure characteristics and cognitive and behavioural sequelae associated with ADHD from early in life, to further understanding of the association between ADHD and early-onset epilepsy across syndromic and non-syndromic populations.
Racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely to be taking newer-generation antiseizure medications (ASMs) for their epilepsy, an analysis of Medicaid data showed.
Pediatric Epilepsy
“Adolescents whose parents perceived stigma had higher levels of all types of emotional and behavioral problems, except for withdrawal and anxiety/depression than those whose parents perceived no stigma,”
