Genetics and Extracellular Vesicles of Pediatrics Sleep Disordered Breathing and Epilepsy.

ABSTRACT: Sleep remains one of the least understood phenomena in biology, and sleep disturbances are one of the most common behavioral problems in childhood. The etiology of sleep disorders is complex and involves both genetic and environmental factors. Epilepsy is the most popular childhood neurological condition and is characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures, and the neurobiological, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences of this condition. Sleep and epilepsy are interrelated, and the importance of sleep in epilepsy is less known. The state of sleep also influences whether a seizure will occur at a given time, and this differs considerably for various epilepsy syndromes. The development of epilepsy has been associated with single or multiple gene varia

SUBMITTER: Khalyfa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6862182 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature