OUH - Complex Epilepsy Research Group

Research at the National Centre for Epilepsy Complex Epilepsy Research Group

Clinical research in patients with difficult-to-treat epilepsy, with particular focus on:

Characterisation of different epilepsy syndromes (genotype/phenotype)
Clinical pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs
Different diagnostic and treatment options; EEG, pharmacotherapy, surgery, VNS, diets
Psychosocial, psychiatric and neurocognitive aspects
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures

Vision, ambition, goals, and strategy for the research group at SSE

Recent publications

Henning O, Andersen NB, Asztely F, Ben-Menachem E, Gauffin H, Gerstner T, Gordon L, Hikmat O, Ingebrigtsen S, Kolbjer S, Kostov H, Lamusuo S, Lillebø A, Lundgren J, Marjanovic D, Metsähonkala L, Olofsson K, Roivainen R, Sabers A, Tingvoll SH, Tsiropoulos I, Boström M, Peltola J (2025)
Programming in Vagus nerve stimulation therapy: Consensus from a Nordic Delphi Panel
Seizure, 131, 423-434 (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.seizure.2025.08.014, PubMed 40845814

Christophersen IE, De Waele J, Km A, S H, Backe PH, Kulseth MA, Mero IL, Bosmans F (2025)
A new loss-of-function variant in SCN1A is associated with early-onset complex febrile seizures
Seizure, 131, 378-381 (in press)
DOI 10.1016/j.seizure.2025.08.010, PubMed 40834683

Raudeberg R, Maroni SS, Løvstad M, Skogan AH, Hansen TI, Olsen A, Guilmette TJ (2025)
Adoption of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology uniform labeling of performance test scores in Norway: Towards a global standard?
Clin Neuropsychol, 1-8 (in press)
DOI 10.1080/13854046.2025.2547012, PubMed 40811053