Investigating the involvement of sleep pathways in absence seizures

Absence seizures are the most common form of epilepsy in children. These patients often experience transient episodes of impaired consciousness, which have an enormous impact on their quality of life. We are proposing to identify the neural substrates for these seizures. These experiments would provide the basis of future experimental studies examining the biological basis of impaired consciousness and epilepsy, as well as be the first step towards evolving new pharmacologic or stimulation paradigms designed to control absence epilepsy.

Faculty Supervisor:

McIntyre Burnham

Student:

Jabir Mohamed

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Discipline:

Biology

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University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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