New Links Between Epilepsy And Brain Lipids

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 20:28 in Biology & Nature

In mice that are missing a protein found only in the brain, neural signals "go crazy," leaving the animals with epileptic seizures from a young age, researchers have found. Their study details what it is that happens when the protein encoded by plasticity related gene-1 gets lost, revealing an important fine-tuning mechanism for brain function.

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