[HTML][HTML] The consequences of refractory epilepsy and its treatment

KD Laxer, E Trinka, LJ Hirsch, F Cendes, J Langfitt… - Epilepsy & behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Seizures in some 30% to 40% of patients with epilepsy fail to respond to
antiepileptic drugs or other treatments. While much has been made of the risks of new drug …

Understanding spreading depression from headache to sudden unexpected death

O Cozzolino, M Marchese, F Trovato, E Pracucci… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Spreading depression (SD) is a neurophysiological phenomenon characterized by abrupt
changes in intracellular ion gradients and sustained depolarization of neurons. It leads to …

Postictal death is associated with tonic phase apnea in a mouse model of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

IC Wenker, FA Teran, ER Wengert… - Annals of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is an unpredictable and
devastating comorbidity of epilepsy that is believed to be due to cardiorespiratory failure …

Abnormalities of serotonergic neurotransmission in animal models of SUDEP

HJ Feng, CL Faingold - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a devastating event, and both DBA/1 and
DBA/2 mice have been shown to be relevant animal models for studying SUDEP. DBA mice …

The Kv1. 1 null mouse, a model of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)

BM Moore, C Jerry Jou, M Tatalovic, ES Kaufman… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Kv1. 1 potassium channel null mouse (NULL) exhibits spontaneous seizure‐
related bradycardia, dies following seizure, and has been proposed as a model for vagus …

Automated non-EEG based seizure detection: Do users have a say?

A Van de Vel, K Smets, K Wouters, B Ceulemans - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Quality of life of patients with epilepsy depends largely upon unpredictability of
seizure occurrence and would improve by predicting seizures or at least by detecting …

[HTML][HTML] Regional cortical thickness changes accompanying generalized tonic-clonic seizures

JA Ogren, R Tripathi, PM Macey, R Kumar, JM Stern… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Generalized tonic-clonic seizures are accompanied by cardiovascular and
respiratory sequelae that threaten survival. The frequency of these seizures is a major risk …

Genetic investigation of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy cohort by panel target resequencing

M Coll, C Allegue, S Partemi, J Mates… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is defined as the abrupt, no traumatic,
witnessed or unwitnessed death, occurring in benign circumstances, in an individual with …

[HTML][HTML] Further evidence of the association between LQT syndrome and epilepsy in a family with KCNQ1 pathogenic variant

C Tiron, O Campuzano, A Perez-Serra, I Mademont… - Seizure, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Ion channels are expressed both in the heart and in the brain, being advocated as
responsible for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy but few pathogenic mutations have …

Targeted next-generation sequencing provides novel clues for associated epilepsy and cardiac conduction disorder/SUDEP

M Coll, P Striano, C Ferrer-Costa, O Campuzano… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is an unpredicted condition in patients with a
diagnosis of epilepsy, and autopsy does not conclusively identify cause of death. Although …