Sleep and epilepsy: Dr. Birgit Frauscher - encore episode (2023)
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Dr. Birgit Frauscher discusses the complex relationship between sleep and epilepsy.
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 still not well understood. Dr. Laurent Sheybani interviewed Dr. Birgit Frauscher, an epileptologist and sleep specialist at the Montreal Neurological Institute. They discussed what is known about sleep patterns, how sleep may influence epileptic activity and vice versa, and how sleep research may...
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