West’s Syndrome May Be Preventable. West’s syndrome is a childhood epileptic syndrome. It leads to uncontrolled seizures (known as ‘infantile spasms’), abnormal brain wave activity between seizures (referred to as ‘hypsarrhythmia’) as measured by EEG recordings and intellectual disability in four out of five children. It usually has its onset in the first year of…
A Possible Mechanism for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Recently, Dr. Hiro Otsubo presented his work on Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) at one of our weekly EpLink Fellows’ Meetings. SUDEP is defined as the death of an otherwise healthy individual with epilepsy that occurs either immediately after a seizure or even when there…
EpLink’s All-In for Epilepsy fundraising event held on Friday, November 20, 2015 at the Pantages Hotel was a complete success thanks to your support! The event hosted over 50 attendees who enjoyed a social gaming tournament and silent auction with exclusive prizes. Your generous support directly impacts EpLink’s research efforts. EpLink has over 35 researchers…