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In this episode, "Sleep and Seizures: Emerging Insights From AAN 2025," Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Cleveland Clinic, reflected on key sleep-related topics presented at this year’s AAN Annual Meeting. She highlighted the growing clinical interest in underrecognized conditions like idiopathic hypersomnia and narcolepsy, stressing the need for better awareness and earlier diagnosis. Foldvary-Schaefer also detailed the development of the Sleep by Cleveland Clinic mobile app, designed to improve screening for common sleep disorders with validated tools and real-time resources. Additionally, she discussed new findings on the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in adults with epilepsy, pointing to the importance of routine sleep screening in this population, regardless of seizure severity. Finally, she shared exploratory data on SSRI use and peri-ictal respiratory patterns in epilepsy, offering new perspectives on potential protective mechanisms tied to SUDEP risk.

Episode Breakdown:

1:00 – Key sleep topics discussed at AAN 2025 and the growing interest in hypersomnia

5:45 – Development and purpose of the SLEEP mobile app by Cleveland Clinic

10:35 – Findings on obstructive sleep apnea prevalence in adults with epilepsy

15:05 – Neurology News Minute

17:10 – The need for sleep disorder screening in epilepsy clinical trials

19:45 – Exploratory findings on SSRI use and respiratory patterns in patients with epilepsy

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