ArticleEpilepsy currents2021
Proceedings of the Sleep and Epilepsy Workshop: Section 1 Decreasing Seizures-Improving Sleep and Seizures, Themes for Future Research.
Article in Epilepsy currents, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Epilepsy as a predictor of subjective memory and executive dysfunction in American children and adults, with sleep as a relevant factor.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2026Article
- The hidden rhythms of epilepsy: exploring biological clocks and epileptic seizure dynamics.Acta epileptologica · 2025Review
- Respiratory Arousal Threshold in Patients with Epilepsy and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- The Role of Circadian Rhythm in Neurological Diseases: A Translational Perspective.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Sleep and epilepsy: A snapshot of knowledge and future research lines.Journal of sleep research · 2022Review
- Chronobiology of epilepsy and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Sleep Disruption Worsens Seizures: Neuroinflammation as a Potential Mechanistic Link.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
Epileptic seizures, sleep, and circadian timing share bilateral interactions, but concerted work to characterize these interactions and to leverage them to the advantage of patients with epilepsy remains in beginning stages. To further the field, a multidisciplinary group of sleep physicians, epileptologists, circadian timing experts, and others met to outline the state of the art, gaps of knowledge, and suggest ways forward in clinical, translational, and basic research. A multidisciplinary panel of experts discussed these interactions, centered on whether improvements in sleep or circadian rhythms improve decrease seizure frequency. In addition, education about sleep was lacking in among patients, their families, and physicians, and that focus on education was an extremely important "low hanging fruit" to harvest. Improvements in monitoring technology, experimental designs sensitive to the rigor required to dissect sleep versus circadian influences, and clinical trials in seizure reduction with sleep improvements were appropriate.
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