About the Authors

William M. Stern

Affiliations NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom, Epilepsy Society, Chalfont St Peter, SL9 0RJ, United Kingdom

Mahalekshmi Desikan

Affiliation Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Damon Hoad

Affiliation Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Fatima Jaffer

Affiliation MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom

Gionata Strigaro

Affiliation Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Neurology, University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, Novara, Italy

Josemir W. Sander

Affiliations NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom, Epilepsy Society, Chalfont St Peter, SL9 0RJ, United Kingdom, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN), Heemstede, Netherlands

John C. Rothwell

Affiliation Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom

Sanjay M. Sisodiya

s.sisodiya@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom, Epilepsy Society, Chalfont St Peter, SL9 0RJ, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WMS MD DH GS JCR SMS. Performed the experiments: WMS MD DH GS. Analyzed the data: WMS. Wrote the paper: WMS MD JCR JWS SMS. Genetic Analysis: FJ. Supervised Research: JWS JCR SMS.