Journal article

Shared genetic basis between genetic generalized epilepsy and background electroencephalographic oscillations

Remi Stevelink, Jurjen J Luykx, Bochao D Lin, Costin Leu, Dennis Lal, Alexander W Smith, Dick Schijven, Johannes A Carpay, Koen Rademaker, Roiza A Rodrigues Baldez, Orrin Devinsky, Kees PJ Braun, Floor E Jansen, Dirk JA Smit, Bobby PC Koeleman

EPILEPSIA | WILEY | Published : 2021

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Paroxysmal epileptiform abnormalities on electroencephalography (EEG) are the hallmark of epilepsies, but it is uncertain to what extent epilepsy and background EEG oscillations share neurobiological underpinnings. Here, we aimed to assess the genetic correlation between epilepsy and background EEG oscillations. METHODS: Confounding factors, including the heterogeneous etiology of epilepsies and medication effects, hamper studies on background brain activity in people with epilepsy. To overcome this limitation, we compared genetic data from a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on epilepsy (n = 12 803 people with epilepsy and 24 218 controls) with that from a GWAS on background E..

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Awarded by Science Foundation Ireland


Awarded by Wellcome Trust


Awarded by Epilepsy Society, UK, NIHR


Awarded by GIHE


Awarded by GSCFE


Awarded by NIH


Awarded by NHMRC


Awarded by European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)


Awarded by Department of Health's NIHR Biomedical Research Centers funding scheme, European Community


Awarded by German Research Foundation


Awarded by European Science Foundation


Awarded by German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, National Genome Research Network


Awarded by Netherlands National Epilepsy Fund


Awarded by Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region


Awarded by NIHR Biomedical Research Centres Schem


Awarded by Intramural Research Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development


Awarded by German Ministry for Education and Research


Awarded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)


Funding Acknowledgements

Science Foundation Ireland, Grant/Award Number: 16/RC/3948 and 13/CDA/2223; European Regional Development Fund; FutureNeuro industry partners; Wellcome Trust, Grant/Award Number: 084730 and WT066056; Epilepsy Society, UK, NIHR, Grant/Award Number: 08--08-SCC; GIHE, Grant/Award Number: NIH R01--NS--49306--01 and NIH R01--NS--053998; GSCFE, Grant/Award Number: NIH R01--NS--064154--01; NIH, Grant/Award Number: UL1TR001070; The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; NHMRC, Grant/Award Number: 1091593; The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Lottery Grant; The RMH Neuroscience Foundation; European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007--2013), Grant/Award Number: 279062; Department of Health's NIHR Biomedical Research Centers funding scheme, European Community, Grant/Award Number: LSHM--CT2006--037315; German Research Foundation, Grant/Award Number: SA434/4--1/4--26--1; European Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: SA434/5--1, NU50/8--1, LE1030/11--1, HE5415/3--1 and RO 3396/2--1; German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, National Genome Research Network, Grant/Award Number: 01GS08120 and 01GS08123; The Netherlands National Epilepsy Fund, Grant/Award Number: 04--08; Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Grant/Award Number: HKU7623/08 M, HKU7747/07 M and CUHK4466/06 M; Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique; Fondation Erasme; Universite Libre de Bruxelles; NIHR Biomedical Research Centres Schem, Grant/Award Number: P31753; Intramural Research Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Grant/Award Number: N01HD33348; German Ministry for Education and Research, Grant/Award Number: 01EY1103; Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and by the State of Bavaria; Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen--German Research Center for Environmental Health, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and by the State of Bavaria; Munich Center of Health Sciences; Ludwig Maximilian University, as part of LMUinnovativ