The effect of epilepsy and antiseizure medications on cardiac autonomic functions in children with epilepsy

CONCLUSIONS: Parasympathetic and sympathetic autonomic hypofunctions are common in children with epilepsy. This could be due to the depressant effect of sodium channel blocker ASMs on central and/or cardiac autonomic systems.PMID:38349326 | DOI:10.1080/17512433.2024.2318469

Source: Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology - February 13, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Sherifa Ahmed Hamed Ali Farrag El Hadad Mohammed Aboalwafa Aladawy Source Type: research