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Overview

Deb K. Pal is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their research include Epilepsy research and treatment, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus, and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Noninvasive mobile EEG as a tool for seizure monitoring and management: A systematic review, 2022, Epilepsia
  • Phenotypic and genetic spectrum of epilepsy with myoclonic atonic seizures, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Epilepsy-specific patient-reported outcome measures of children's health-related quality of life: A systematic review of measurement properties, 2020, Epilepsia
  • Trait impulsivity in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy, 2020, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Sex-specific disease modifiers in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, 2022, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Deb K. Pal include:

  • Mark P. Richardson
  • Paul Gringras
  • Anna Smith
  • Georgia Cook
  • Holly Crudgington

Deb K. Pal's research has been published in multiple prominent scientific venues, including:

  • Epilepsy & Behavior
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Epilepsia
  • Brain
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Best Publications

  • Mutations in GRIN2A cause idiopathic focal epilepsy with rolandic spikes

    Johannes R Lemke;Dennis Lal;Eva M Reinthaler;Isabelle Steiner

  • GRIN2A mutations in acquired epileptic aphasia and related childhood focal epilepsies and encephalopathies with speech and language dysfunction.

    Gaetan Lesca;Gabrielle Rudolf;Nadine Bruneau;Natalia Lozovaya

  • Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in developing countries

    Deb K Pal;Arturo Carpio;Josemir W A S Sander

  • BRD2 (RING3) Is a Probable Major Susceptibility Gene for Common Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Deb K. Pal;Oleg V. Evgrafov;Paula Tabares;Fengli Zhang

  • Centrotemporal sharp wave EEG trait in rolandic epilepsy maps to Elongator Protein Complex 4 (ELP4)

    Lisa J Strug;Tara Clarke;Theodore Chiang;Minchen Chien

  • Attention impairment in rolandic epilepsy: systematic review.

    Peregrine Murphy Kavros;Tara Clarke;Lisa J. Strug;Jeffrey M. Halperin

  • Randomised controlled trial to assess acceptability of phenobarbital for childhood epilepsy in rural India.

    Deb K Pal;Deb K Pal;Tulika Das;Gautam Chaudhury;Anthony L Johnson

  • Male-Biased Autosomal Effect of 16p13.11 Copy Number Variation in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

    Maria Tropeano;Joo Wook Ahn;Richard J. B. Dobson;Gerome Breen

  • High risk of reading disability and speech sound disorder in rolandic epilepsy families: case-control study.

    Tara Clarke;Lisa J. Strug;Peregrine L. Murphy;Bhavna Bali

  • Defining the phenotypic spectrum of SLC6A1 mutations.

    Katrine M. Johannesen;Elena Gardella;Tarja Linnankivi;Carolina Courage

  • Gene Panel Testing in Epileptic Encephalopathies and Familial Epilepsies

    Rikke S Møller;Line H G Larsen;Katrine M Johannesen;Inga Talvik

  • Malic Enzyme 2 May Underlie Susceptibility to Adolescent-Onset Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy

    David A. Greenberg;Eftihia Cayanis;Lisa Strug;Sudhir Marathe

  • A Recurrent Missense Variant in AP2M1 Impairs Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis and Causes Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy

    Ingo Helbig;Tania Lopez-Hernandez;Oded Shor;Oded Shor;Peter Galer

  • The role of SLC2A1 mutations in myoclonic astatic epilepsy and absence epilepsy, and the estimated frequency of GLUT1 deficiency syndrome.

    Jan Larsen;Katrine Marie Johannesen;Jakob Ek;Shan Tang

  • Autosomal Dominant Inheritance of Centrotemporal Sharp Waves in Rolandic Epilepsy Families

    Bhavna Bali;Lewis L. Kull;Lisa J. Strug;Tara Clarke

  • Genetic evaluation and counseling for epilepsy

    Deb K. Pal;Amanda W. Pong;Wendy K. Chung

  • The role of mTOR signalling in neurogenesis, insights from tuberous sclerosis complex

    Andrew R. Tee;Julian R. Sampson;Deb K. Pal;Joseph M. Bateman

  • Epilepsy-associated GRIN2A mutations reduce NMDA receptor trafficking and agonist potency – molecular profiling and functional rescue

    Laura Addis;J. K. Virdee;L. R. Vidler;David Collier

  • Noninvasive mobile EEG as a tool for seizure monitoring and management: A systematic review

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  • Genetic and phenotypic dissection of 1q43q44 microdeletion syndrome and neurodevelopmental phenotypes associated with mutations in ZBTB18 and HNRNPU

    Christel Depienne;Caroline Nava;Boris Keren;Solveig Heide

  • Erratum: De Novo Mutations in Synaptic Transmission Genes Including DNM1 Cause Epileptic Encephalopathies (American Journal of Human Genetics (2014) 95(4) (360–370)(S0002929714003838)(10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.08.013))

    Silke Appenzeller;Rudi Balling;Nina Barisic;Stéphanie Baulac

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Greenberg
David A. Greenberg Nationwide Children's Hospital
Rikke S. Møller
Rikke S. Møller University of Southern Denmark
Anna B. Smith
Anna B. Smith King's College London
Ingo Helbig
Ingo Helbig Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Yvonne G. Weber
Yvonne G. Weber University of Tübingen
David A. Collier
David A. Collier Eli Lilly (United States)
Renzo Guerrini
Renzo Guerrini University of Florence
Mark P. Richardson
Mark P. Richardson King's College London
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Gaetan Lesca
Gaetan Lesca Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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