The main tasks of SSE for which the centre has a national responsibility:
- Medical evaluation and treatment of people with pharmaco-resistant epilepsy
- Selection and evaluation of candidates for epilepsy surgery – and postoperative follow-up
- Dietary treatment for epilepsy
- Evaluation and diagnostic work-up in patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)
- Medical evaluation and treatment of people with epilepsy and intellectual disability
About the group
Currently there is ongoing research within the following areas:
- Characterization of phenotype and genotype in different epilepsy syndromes
- Pharmacokinetic studies of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs)
- Studies of efficacy and tolerability of different treatment modalities; AEDs, surgery, neurostimulation and ketogenic diets
- Comorbidities associated with epilepsy, e.g. neuropsychiatric, neurocognitive and psychosocial problems
- Studies of patients with PNES
Cooperation
This broad range of areas requires close collaboration with research groups in Norway and abroad.
National
- St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital
- Oslo University Hospital
International
- EURAP - European Registry of Antiepileptic drugs and Pregnancy, Milan, Italy
- EpiCare - European Reference Network for rare and complex epilepsies
- Danish Epilepsy Center, Dianalund, Denmark
- Bonn University Hospital, Germany
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden