June 14, 2021
$103,000 As individuals with Angelman syndrome get older, there is often an increase in the frequency of abnormal movements, including nonepileptic myoclonus. The goal of this study is to better characterize these abnormal movements to help us identify new ways […]
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January 23, 2020
$28,850 ASF has supported varied initiatives to improve treatment of seizures in AS and this grant aimed at exploring alternatives to the use of the very restrictive ketogenic diet. In the low glycemic diet, the extremely high lipid content of […]
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January 23, 2020
$10,000 Funding for this grant enabled the largest survey ever to be conducted on AS regarding anticonvulsant drug use. This was an extensive questionnaire survey of families within and outside the United States and the results provided important information to […]
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December 22, 2019
$50,000 This grant supported a trial of levodopa-carbidopa treatment on AS mice. Levodopa is a dopamine precursor that is converted to dopamine in the brain and is commonly used as a treatment for Parkinson disease. AS mice and normal controls […]
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December 22, 2019
$58,256 It is known that individuals with AS have an abnormal EEG during periods when seizures do not occur as well as when seizures do occur. Although the patterns of EEG abnormalities have been previously described in AS, there has […]
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December 14, 2019
Summary of Dr. Carney Study A national figure in cannabidiol (CBD) research, Dr. Paul Carney has been working with the National Academy of Medicine, the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Florida Department of Health for several years to […]
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