Wednesday, July 3, 2013

“Two-Week Treatment Found to Prevent Epilepsy in Mice Gives Hope for Drug Development”

While temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common form of epilepsy, it is sometimes not responsive to anticonvulsant medications.  New research in mice indicates that by targeting a particular signaling pathway, scientists can prevent the development of temporal lobe epilepsy in two weeks of treatment. Full article can be found here: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130620132318.htm?+Medicine+News+--+Epilepsy+Research