This hub covers epilepsy genetics: how gene changes can contribute to seizures (often in children). We translate studies on testing, results like VUS, and what findings may change for care.
No. It’s common in pediatrics, but adults can benefit from genetic testing, too, especially with unclear diagnosis or family history.
Sometimes. For certain conditions, results can guide medication choice, diet therapies, or referral decisions.
It usually means “not enough evidence yet.” It shouldn’t be treated as a definite cause, but it can be reclassified over time.
Not necessarily. Testing can miss some variants, and new gene links are still being discovered.
Researchers studied deep brain stimulation (DBS) as a treatment for people with epilepsy who do not respond to medications and cannot have surgery to remove the affected brain tissue.
Researchers studied how to detect unusual patterns in heart and brain activity data, specifically using ECG (heart) and EEG (brain) readings.
Researchers studied the metabolic profiles of people with epilepsy to see if there are common patterns among different groups.
This study focuses on the use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) as a treatment for status epilepticus in children, which is a serious condition where seizures last too long or happen back-to-back.
Researchers studied how machine learning (ML) can help predict where seizures start in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE).
Researchers studied three cases of infantile epilepsy, which is a type of epilepsy that affects babies from birth to two years old.
Researchers studied how to better locate epileptogenic tubers (ETs) in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a condition that can cause epilepsy.
Researchers studied the connection between heart and breathing patterns during seizures in people with epilepsy, focusing on those who experienced sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) compared to those who did not.
This study looked at the genetic factors that might link migraine and epilepsy, two different neurological disorders that can occur together in some people.