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Overview

Sameer M. Zuberi is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom and specializes in research across medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work bridges clinical and molecular approaches, with a significant focus on epilepsy and neurodevelopmental disorders.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, Sameer M. Zuberi's subfields of study encompass:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Their research covers several main topics, notably:

  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Sameer M. Zuberi has contributed to a range of recent papers published mainly in epilepsy-focused journals. Selected research articles include:

  • ILAE classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with onset in neonates and infants: Position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions, 2022, Epilepsia
  • International League Against Epilepsy classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with onset in childhood: Position paper by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions, 2022, Epilepsia
  • ILAE definition of the Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes: Position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions, 2022, Epilepsia
  • The ILAE classification of seizures and the epilepsies: Modification for seizures in the neonate. Position paper by the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures, 2021, Epilepsia
  • Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome (Glut1DS): State of the art in 2020 and recommendations of the international Glut1DS study group, 2020, Epilepsia Open

The most frequent publication venues for Sameer M. Zuberi's work are:

  • Epilepsia
  • Brain
  • European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
  • Neurology
  • Epilepsia Open

Collaboration has played a significant role in their research output, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Ingrid E. Scheffer
  • Andreas Brunklaus
  • Joseph D. Symonds
  • Rima Nabbout
  • Renzo Guerrini

Best Publications

  • ILAE classification of the epilepsies: Position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology.

    Ingrid E. Scheffer;Samuel Berkovic;Giuseppe Capovilla;Mary B. Connolly

  • Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: position paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology

    Robert S. Fisher;J. Helen Cross;Jacqueline A. French;Norimichi Higurashi

  • Instruction manual for the ILAE 2017 operational classification of seizure types

    Robert S. Fisher;J. Helen Cross;Carol D'Souza;Jacqueline A. French

  • International League Against Epilepsy classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with onset in childhood: Position paper by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions

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  • Effect of Cannabidiol on Drop Seizures in the Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.

    Orrin Devinsky;Anup D. Patel;J. Helen Cross;Vicente Villanueva

  • ILAE classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with onset in neonates and infants: Position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions

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  • Gain-of-function mutations in IFIH1 cause a spectrum of human disease phenotypes associated with upregulated type I interferon signaling

    Gillian I Rice;Yoandris del Toro Duany;Yoandris del Toro Duany;Emma M Jenkinson;Gabriella M A Forte

  • The spectrum of SCN1A-related infantile epileptic encephalopathies

    Louise A Harkin;Jacinta M McMahon;Xenia Iona;Leanne Dibbens;Leanne Dibbens

  • ILAE definition of the Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes: Position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions

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  • Human epilepsy associated with dysfunction of the brain P/Q-type calcium channel

    Anne Jouvenceau;Anne Jouvenceau;Louise H Eunson;Alexander Spauschus;Alexander Spauschus;Venkataswaran Ramesh

  • Incidence and phenotypes of childhood-onset genetic epilepsies: a prospective population-based national cohort.

    Joseph D Symonds;Sameer M Zuberi;Kirsty Stewart;Ailsa McLellan

  • A novel mutation in the human voltage-gated potassium channel gene (Kv1.1) associates with episodic ataxia type 1 and sometimes with partial epilepsy.

    S. M. Zuberi;L. H. Eunson;A. Spauschus;R. De Silva

  • Prognostic, clinical and demographic features in SCN1A mutation-positive Dravet syndrome.

    A. Brunklaus;A. Brunklaus;R. Ellis;E. Reavey;G.H. Forbes

  • CHRNB2 is the second acetylcholine receptor subunit associated with autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

    Hilary A. Phillips;Isabelle Favre;Martin Kirkpatrick;Sameer M. Zuberi

  • Methodology for classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with list of syndromes: Report of the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions

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  • PRRT2 mutations cause benign familial infantile epilepsy and infantile convulsions with choreoathetosis syndrome.

    Sarah E. Heron;Bronwyn E. Grinton;Sara Kivity;Zaid Afawi

  • International League Against Epilepsy classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with onset at a variable age: position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions

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  • Clinical, genetic, and expression studies of mutations in the potassium channel gene KCNA1 reveal new phenotypic variability

    L. H. Eunson;R. Rea;S. M. Zuberi;S. Youroukos

  • De-novo mutations of the sodium channel gene SCN1A in alleged vaccine encephalopathy: a retrospective study

    Samuel F Berkovic;Louise A Harkin;Louise A Harkin;Jacinta M McMahon;James T Pelekanos

  • The ILAE classification of seizures and the epilepsies: Modification for seizures in the neonate. Position paper by the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures.

    Ronit M. Pressler;Ronit M. Pressler;Maria Roberta Cilio;Eli M. Mizrahi;Solomon L. Moshé

  • Genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (ALDH7A1 deficiency)

    Philippa B. Mills;Emma J. Footitt;Kevin A. Mills;Karin Tuschl

  • Genotype–phenotype associations in SCN1A-related epilepsies

    S.M. Zuberi;A. Brunklaus;R. Birch;E. Reavey

  • Dravet syndrome as epileptic encephalopathy: evidence from long-term course and neuropathology

    Claudia B. Catarino;Joan Y.W. Liu;Ioannis Liagkouras;Vaneesha S. Gibbons

  • Fenfluramine for Treatment-Resistant Seizures in Patients With Dravet Syndrome Receiving Stiripentol-Inclusive Regimens: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Rima Nabbout;Arun Mistry;Sameer Zuberi;Nathalie Villeneuve

  • Epilepsy due to PNPO mutations: genotype, environment and treatment affect presentation and outcome

    Philippa B. Mills;Stephane S.M. Camuzeaux;Emma J. Footitt;Emma J. Footitt;Kevin A. Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne
Lieven Lagae
Lieven Lagae KU Leuven
Samuel F. Berkovic
Samuel F. Berkovic University of Melbourne
Solomon L. Moshé
Solomon L. Moshé Albert Einstein College of Medicine
John C. Mulley
John C. Mulley Bangor University
Dimitri M. Kullmann
Dimitri M. Kullmann University College London
Edouard Hirsch
Edouard Hirsch University of Strasbourg
J. Helen Cross
J. Helen Cross Great Ormond Street Hospital
Jacqueline A. French
Jacqueline A. French New York University
Stephanie Schorge
Stephanie Schorge University College London

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