First seizure from sleep - What is the risk of recurrence? Dr. Elaine Pang -encore episode (2023)
Send comments and feedback Are people who have their first seizure during sleep at greater or lesser risk for future seizures, compared with people who have their first seizure when they're awake? Dr....
21 Jul 0s
Tumor associated epilepsy: Dr. Katie Peters
Send comments and feedback In this episode of Sharp Waves, host Nancy welcomes renowned neurologist and neuro-oncologist Dr. Katie Peters from the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center to discuss t...
23 Jun 29min
Epilepsy and functional/dissociative seizures: Dr. Wesley Kerr and Dr. Shruti Iyer
Send comments and feedback In this Sharp Waves podcast episode “Epilepsy and Functional/Dissociative Seizures,” Wesley Kerr, MD, PhD, a statistician and epileptologist at University of Pittsburgh Medi...
1 Jun 27min
Autism and epilepsy: Dr. Colin Reilly and Dr. Stéphane Auvin -encore episode (2023)
Send comments and feedback Nearly one-third of people with autism also have epilepsy. Researchers aren't sure why. For people on the spectrum, epilepsy can prompt unique challenges. Seizure symptoms...
22 Mai 29min
Autoimmune-associated epilepsy: Dr. Claude Steriade - encore episode (2022)
Send comments and feedback What is autoimmune-associated epilepsy, and how is it different from acute seizures with an autoimmune cause? How can clinicians best diagnose and treat these conditions? Sh...
23 Apr 31min
Sleep and epilepsy: Dr. Birgit Frauscher - encore episode (2023)
Send comments and feedback Bidirectional links between epilepsy and sleep have been known for thousands of years. Despite nearly a century of research using EEG investigations, the relationships are s...
31 Mar 29min
Seizure action plans as educational tools: Dr. Lucretia Long - encore episode (2024)
Send comments and feedback Seizure action plans can help people with epilepsy manage their seizures and address emergencies. They often are aimed at a subset of people with epilepsy, particularly chil...
10 Mar 21min
ILAE Updated seizure classification Part 2: Prof. Eugen Trinka
Send comments and feedback We discuss the response to the updated classification of seizures with Prof. Eugen Trinka, including why the changes were made and how the changes are being explained and so...
16 Feb 23min
