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Epilepsy

Epilepsy

The mechanisms of seizures are not well understood, and one-third of epilepsy patients are refractory to treatment. Our Epilepsy Research Program is focused on understanding these mechanisms and reducing the mortality from the disease.

Working collaboratively, we are devising novel invasive experimental methods to study the electrophysiological and neurochemical basis of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP), the most common cause of death in refractory epilepsy. We are also working to identify biomarkers of those at highest risk, and ways to prevent this devastating consequence of seizures.