More animal studies would be needed to move this drug toward human clinical trials, but «what we hope is that we could use this drug to intervene in patients who have had an episode of prolonged seizures and give it to them briefly following that episode to protect them from
becoming epileptic,» said James McNamara, M.D., a professor in the departments of neurobiology and neurology at Duke University.
If the drug stopped the genetically altered mice from
becoming epileptic, this genetic approach would prove that inhibiting TrkB prevents the onset of epilepsy.
Turned out the stud was epileptic (unknown to our clients) & every single puppy
became an epileptic!
Not exact matches
Dr. Milner is best known for work with an
epileptic patient known as H.M., who had
become unable to form new memories after having parts of both temporal lobes of his brain surgically removed.
Sundae also suffered from severe
epileptic seizures which sometimes caused her to
become disoriented.