Scientific journal articles concerning SUDEP

Numerous SUDEP-related articles are published in scientific journals that can be found at your local science/medical library.  For a listing of these articles, see the research bibliography.




Articles available online:

Epilepsy: A 'Going Ape' Model for SUDEP?
Striano P & Zara F (2009), Nature Reviews Neurology 5, 639-640, Nature Publishing Group - a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: risk factors and potential pathomechanisms
Surges R, Thijs RD, Tan HL & Sander JW (2009), Nature Reviews Neurology 5, 492-504, Nature Publishing Group - a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Report of the American Epilepsy Society and the Epilepsy Foundation Joint Task Force on Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy
So EL, Bainbridge J, Buchhalter JR, Donalty J, Donner EJ, Finucane A, Graves NM, Hirsch LJ, Montouris GD, Temkin NR, Wiebe S, Sierzant TL (2009), Epilepsia 50(4), 917-922, Blackwell Publishing Inc.


Epilepsy and Sudden Death: personal reflections and call for global action
Lathers, CM (2009), Epilepsy & Behavior 15, 269-277, Elsevier Ltd.


Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: current knowledge and future directions
Tomson T, Nashef L & Ryvlin P (2008), The Lancet Neurology 7(11), 1021-1031, Elsevier Ltd.


Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Johnston A & Smith P (2007), Expert Rev. Neurotherapeutics 7(12), 1751-1761, Expert Reviews Ltd.


Risk Factors in Sudden Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP): the quest for mechanisms
Nashef L, Hindocha N & Makoff A (2007), Epilepsia
48(5), 859–871, Blackwell Publishing Inc.

SUDEP Aware thank the publishing houses for generously making these articles available to the public and thereby helping to improve awareness and understanding of SUDEP.