Myoclonic Epileptic Seizures - Sport Gen Z

Background A 20-year-old woman presented to a specialist epilepsy center with a 3-year history of drug-resistant epileptic seizures, progressive myoclonus, ataxia, and cognitive decline. A collaborative study describes a novel myoclonic epilepsy syndrome in dogs for the first time and discovers its genetic cause at DIRAS1 gene. The affected dogs developed myoclonic seizures at young ...

The New England Journal of Medicine: Variant Intestinal-Cell Kinase in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy In juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, data are limited on the genetic basis of networks promoting convulsions with diffuse polyspikes on electroencephalography (EEG) and the subtle microscopic brain ... The Straits Times: Living with growing muscle weakness, movement challenges and seizures Nature: Typical progression of myoclonic epilepsy of the Lafora type: a case report Typical progression of myoclonic epilepsy of the Lafora type: a case report Science Daily: Wearable technology can help in at-home assessment of myoclonic jerks