University of Connecticut: Sudden Death in Epilepsy and Breathing Troubles Linked to Bad Gene
June 21, 2019
June 21, 2019
STORRS, Connecticut, June 21 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news:
In sudden death in epilepsy, people stop breathing for no apparent reason and die. Now, a group of UConn neuroscientists have a lead as to why, they report in the journal eLife.
"People with epilepsy have a high mortality rate, but it's mysterious," says Dan Mulkey, a neuroscientist in UConn's physiology and neurobiology department.
In sudden death in epilepsy, people stop breathing for no apparent reason and die. Now, a group of UConn neuroscientists have a lead as to why, they report in the journal eLife.
"People with epilepsy have a high mortality rate, but it's mysterious," says Dan Mulkey, a neuroscientist in UConn's physiology and neurobiology department.