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Blue Bird Clinic Neurologist Pioneers Ground-Breaking Epilepsy Treatment
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NIH Grant Awarded to Study Sudden Death in Epilepsy
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Blue Bird Developmental Neurogenetics Laboratory Reports New Brain Protection Discovery
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Second Gene
The second gene for SUDEP is another potassium ion channel. A defect in the gene discovered in the laboratory alters signaling in the vagus nerve linking the heart to the brain. Abnormal impulses in the nerve slow and can stop the heartbeat, leading to sudden unexpected death.