Genetics
The gentics of epilepsy is a complex and evolving area of research. The following documents can be used as a resource on current information about genetics and epilepsy.
AES Press Releases on Genetics
- Researchers Explore Genetic Basis of Early Childhood Epilepsies, 2014
- New Insight Into the Genetic Causes of Epilepsy, 2013
AES Annual Meeting Symposia on Genetics
- Cell, Network and Mouse Modelling of Genetic Epilepsies for Mechanism, Diagnosis and Therapy, 2013
- Genomic Approaches in Selecting AETs: Current State, 2013
- Lecture: Genomic testing in the Setting of Non-Lesional Epilepsy, 2013
- Recent Discoveries of Epilepsy Related Genes: A Preview of the Future, 2013
- Gene, Panel, Exome or Genome Sequencing for Infants with Epileptic, 2013
- Panel Flash Session: Tumor-based Factors: “ Genetic Factors, Tumor Types, Peritumoral, 2012
- Gene Discovery, 2012
- How Do We Determine the Functional Impact of Genetic Changes?, 2012
- What Can We Learn About Epilepsy from Genome Sequences, 2012
- How Can Genetic Information Impact Management?, 2012
- The Promise of Epilepsy Genetics- A Personal and Scientific Perspective, 2012
- Controversies Genetic: How Do I Tell the Patient?, 2012
- Controversies Structural: Genetic or Acquired?, 2012
- Resistance Genes: Genetic Barriers, 2011
Epilepsy Currents Reviews & Commentaries on Genetics
- Complex Genetic Interactions in a Mouse Model of Absence Epilepsy, 2015
- Toward Routine Genetics-Based Diagnoses for the Epileptic Encephalopathies, 2014
- “Idiopathic” and “Genetic” Generalized Epilepsies Intersect, 2014
- Untangling the Dravet Syndrome Seizure Network: The Changing Face of a Rare Genetic Epilepsy, 2014
- Epi4K Phase I: Gene Discovery in Epileptic Encephalopathies by Exome Sequencing, 2014
- Genotype & Phenotype of Ohtahara Syndrome–What's SCN2A Got to Do With It? A Clinician's Read, 2014
- E(R)-GADD! Exploring Mutations in Generalized Epilepsy, 2014
- Interneuron Development and Epilepsy: Early Genetic Defects Cause Long-Term Consequences in Seizures and Susceptibility, 2013
- Shocking New Insights Into the Epileptic Trait, 2013
- Advances in Epilepsy Genetics and Genomics, 2012
- Genetic Testing in Epilepsy: What Should You Be Doing?, 2011
Clinical Trials
- www.ERGENT.org
ERGENT is being conducted by a multi-institutional research team in order to prospectively test recently developed criteria identifying patients with high risk of early onset neonatal genetic epilepsy. Eligible neonates will receive a free clinical (CLIA) genetic epilepsy panel result (panel of more than 180 genes).
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