Michael J. Vasey

ORCID: 0000-0003-1983-3531
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  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Pregnancy and Medication Impact
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy

East London NHS Foundation Trust
2020-2025

University College London
2021

Bedford Hospital
2019

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe childhood-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by treatment-refractory seizures, including tonic/atonic 'drop' intellectual impairment slow spike-wave discharges on the electroencephalogram. Fenfluramine, previously prescribed as weight-loss drug but then withdrawn, has recently been approved in US, EU, UK for adjunct treatment of seizures associated with LGS.

10.1080/14737175.2024.2313548 article EN Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 2024-02-05
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