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Judith Hoyer Lecture on Epilepsy Curing Epilepsy: The Promise of Research

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Anticonvulsant Screening Program (ASP) NIH RePORTER is an electronic tool that allows users to search a repository of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding. Epilepsy Clinical Trials Resources for Scientists MedlinePlus

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Anticonvulsant Screening Program (ASP)

NIH RePORTER is an electronic tool that allows users to search a repository of NIH-funded research projects and access publications and patents resulting from NIH funding.

Epilepsy Clinical Trials

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MedlinePlus

Contacts
Brandy Fureman, Ph.D. Program Director, Channels Synapses & Circuits Cluster furemanb@mail.nih.gov Deborah Hirtz, M.D. Program Director, Division of Extramural Research dh83f@nih.gov Randall Stewart, Ph.D. Program Director, Extramural Research Program rs416y@nih.gov Vicky Whittemore, Ph.D. Program Director, Channels, Synapses & Neural Circuits Cluster vicky.whittemore@nih.gov

Contacts

Brandy Fureman, Ph.D.
Program Director, Channels Synapses & Circuits Cluster
furemanb@mail.nih.gov

Deborah Hirtz, M.D.
Program Director, Division of Extramural Research
dh83f@nih.gov

Randall Stewart, Ph.D.
Program Director, Extramural Research Program
rs416y@nih.gov

Vicky Whittemore, Ph.D.
Program Director, Channels, Synapses & Neural Circuits Cluster
vicky.whittemore@nih.gov

Workshop Summaries

NINDS Workshop: Challenges in Epilepsy Clinical Trials April 30, 2011
NINDS Workshop on Genetics of Human Epilepsy August 30 - September 1, 2010
NINDS Workshop on Anti-epileptogenesis (AEG) and Disease Modification: Alignment and Validation of Clinical Targets and Pre-Clinical Models August 26-27, 2010
NINDS Workshop: Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) November 12-14, 2008
NIH Workshop on Dementia of Alzeimer's Disease and Epilepsy: Converging Mechanisms October 15, 2008
Second International Workshop on Seizure Prediction April 8, 2006
Workshop on Nonepileptic Seizures May 1-3, 2005
Imaging Markers of Epileptogenesis: New Research Directions April 10-11, 2003
Workshop on Channelopathies November 20-21, 2002
Health Disparities in Epilepsy Planning Panel November 13, 2002
DNA Microarrays and Epilepsy Research October 4, 2002
Models II: Identification and Characterization of Animal Models of Human Therapy Resistance and Epileptogenesis September 26 - 27, 2002
Molecular Analysis of Complex Genetic Epilepsies January 31 - February 1, 2002
Workshop on Antiepileptic Drug (AED) Monotherapy Indications March 8-9, 2001
Models for Epilepsy & Epileptogenesis NINDS Workshop March 1-2, 2001
Curing Epilepsy: Focus on the Future March 30-31, 2000.
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Workshop Related Publications

Curing Epilepsy: The Promise of Research
2007 Epilepsy Research Benchmarks: A Guide for the General Public
Kelley, MS, Jacobs, MP, and Lowenstein, DH. The NINDS Epilepsy Research Benchmarks. Epilepsia 2009, 50(3): 571-582.
Jacobs MP, Leblanc GG, Brooks-Kayal A, Jensen FE, Lowenstein DH, Noebels JL, Spencer DD, and Swann JW. Curing epilepsy: Progress and Future Directions. Epilepsy & Behavior 2009: 14(3):438-45.
Murphree, LJ, Rundhaugen LM, Kelly KM. Animal Models of Geriatric Epilepsy. Int.Rev. Neurobiol. 2007; 81: 29-40
LaFrance CW Jr., Alper K, Babcock D, et al. Nonepileptic seizures treatment workshop summary. Epilepsy & Behavior 2006: 451-461.
Jacobs MP, Fischbach GD, Davis MR, et al. Future directions for epilepsy research. Neurology 2001;57:1536-1542.

Last updated March 20, 2013