New direction for epilepsy treatment: Study in mice highlights alternative anti-inflammatory approach to epilepsy management
Monday, March 28, 2011 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
If common anticonvulsant drugs fail to manage epileptic seizures, then perhaps the anti-inflammatory route is the way to go. That's according to researchers in Italy who found that giving mice repeated doses of a specific enzyme inhibitor significantly reduced both chronic epileptic activity and acute seizures.