INVITED AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
Wednesday, October 26
8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Concurrent Invited Sessions I (12-18)
SESSION 15 - Epilepsies and Epilepsy Look-Alikes
Ballroom A-D
Co-Moderators: Miriam Meisler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Berge A. Minassian, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The molecular bases for many human epilepsies and other episodic disorders have been elucidated during the past few years. Inherited ion channel mutations are responsible for common, benign epilepsies as well as rare, severe seizure disorders of children and adults. Recent progress has also identified non-ion channel genes responsible for subgroups of such common syndromes as Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy and Lateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Gene mutations are increasingly being shown to underlie both generalized and focal-onset epilepsies. Much progress has also been made in the progressive myoclonus epilepsies, catastrophic syndromes that strike normal children with intractable, often fatal seizures. The pathogeneses of epilepsy and related conditions are now strongly rooted in causative defects allowing accelerated unraveling toward improved management and cures.
8:00 PM Sodium and calcium channel genes in human epilepsy. Miriam Meisler.
8:25 PM Potassium and chloride channel genes in human epilepsy. Patrick Cossette, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
8:50 PM Non-ion channel genes in human epilepsy. Antonio Delgado-Escueta, University of California, Los Angeles.
9:15 PM Progressive myoclonus epilepsies. Berge A. Minassian.
9:40 PM Episodic ataxias and paroxysmal dyskinesias. Joanna Jen, University of California, Los Angeles.
