(Kumar et al. 2018) Similar to the last study reviewed, the authors examined the fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scans of 3 patients with refractory epilepsy and SCN1A mutations. (Recall, FDG-PET scans provide images of the rate at which glucose is utilized by brain tissue.) However, in this study, the patients were imaged at least [...]

(Haginoya et al. 2018) This study out of Japan examined the glucose uptake in the brain of 8 patients with Dravet syndrome, 4 of whom were three years or younger, and 4 of whom were 6 years and older. During the fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan, the patients were injected with a chemically labeled [...]