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Boly, Mélanie

0000-0001-9584-0907

A5087178525 | I135310074

Mayo Clinic

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Citations 2

A Roundtable Discussion on Brain Connectivity

Brain Connectivity | May 30, 2024 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 263-273

10.1089/brain.2024.0037 | PMID 38814819

Proceedings of the Sleep and Epilepsy Workshop: Section 1 Decreasing Seizures: Improving Sleep and Seizures, Themes for Future Research

Epilepsy Currents | March 31, 2021 | Volume: 21 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 204-209

10.1177/15357597211004566 | PMID 33787387

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.