Search Results - "Schust, Leah"
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Progress in Understanding and Treating SCN2A-Mediated Disorders
Published in Trends in neurosciences (Regular ed.) (01-07-2018)“…Advances in gene discovery for neurodevelopmental disorders have identified SCN2A dysfunction as a leading cause of infantile seizures, autism spectrum…”
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Deficiency of autism-related Scn2a gene in mice disrupts sleep patterns and circadian rhythms
Published in Neurobiology of disease (15-06-2022)“…Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects ~2% of the population in the US, and monogenic forms of ASD often result in the most severe manifestation of the…”
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SCN2A‐Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies: Challenges to trial‐readiness for non‐seizure outcomes
Published in Epilepsia (Copenhagen) (01-01-2021)“…Objective SCN2A‐associated developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) present with seizures, developmental impairments, and often both. We sought to…”
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A patient organization perspective: charting the course to a cure for SCN2A-related disorders
Published in Therapeutic advances in rare disease (01-01-2024)“…The SCN2A gene encodes the Nav1.2 protein, a voltage-gated sodium channel crucial for initiating and transmitting action potentials in neurons. Dysfunction in…”
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Caregiver assessment of quality of life in individuals with genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathies
Published in Developmental medicine and child neurology (01-08-2022)“…Aim To summarize quality of life (QoL) and its determinants, including disease severity, in individuals with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies…”
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What does better look like in individuals with severe neurodevelopmental impairments? A qualitative descriptive study on SCN2A-related developmental and epileptic encephalopathy
Published in Quality of life research (01-02-2024)“…Purpose There are limited psychometric data on outcome measures for children with Developmental Epileptic Encephalopathies (DEEs), beyond measuring seizures,…”
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Expanded clinical phenotype spectrum correlates with variant function in SCN2A-related disorders
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-08-2024)“…SCN2A-related disorders secondary to altered function in the voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.2 are rare, with clinically heterogeneous expressions that…”
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Novel approaches to measuring cognition in individuals with severe to profound functional impairment: A pilot study in SCN2A-related disorder
Published in Epilepsy & behavior (01-11-2024)“…•Valid outcome assessments of neurodevelopment are lacking for those with profound impairments.•This pilot study explored measures in individuals with…”
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