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EPILEPSY CURRENTS
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 241-244Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.5698/1535-7597-13.5.241
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL052539] Funding Source: Medline
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is an exceptionally difficult condition to study in humans. Therefore, translational research in animal models has been very important in defining pathophysiological mechanisms of death and identifying potential treatments. These models are helping define whether the primary mechanism of death is cardiac or respiratory. They have also identified a link to the serotonergic system of the brainstem; this, in turn, led to recognition that SUDEP and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) may share a common final pathway in the sequence of events that lead to death.
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