New Target Discovered To Treat Epileptic Seizures Following Brain Trauma Or Stroke

Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 20:35 in Health & Medicine

New therapies for some forms of epilepsy may soon be possible, thanks to a new discovery by neuroscience researchers. The researchers found that hemichannels -- the same channels the researchers previously found to that cause cell death following a stroke -- may also cause epileptic seizures that occur following head trauma or a stroke.

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