Sentences with phrase «human epilepsy drugs»

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A technique that involves genetically engineering brain cells so that they fire in the presence of certain drugs has been used to treat epilepsy in rats, and it could soon be tested in humans.

A technique that involves genetically engineering brain cells so that they fire in the presence of certain drugs has been used to treat an epilepsy - like condition in rats, and it could soon be trialled in humans.

«Unfortunately, there are no preventive therapies for any common disorder of the human nervous system — Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, schizophrenia, epilepsy — with the exception of blood pressure - lowering drugs to reduce the likelihood of stroke,» said study author James O. McNamara, M.D., professor of neurobiology at Duke Medicine.

Specifically, they tested new drugs in zebrafish, a small, tropical fish genetically similar to humans, whose brains can develop seizures in a manner similar to patients with epilepsy.

A major advantage of using valproic acid is that it's already approved as an epilepsy drug by the Food and Drug Administration, so if it were ever to be used in humans, it wouldn't have to go through the same long, expensive approval process that a new compound would requdrug by the Food and Drug Administration, so if it were ever to be used in humans, it wouldn't have to go through the same long, expensive approval process that a new compound would requDrug Administration, so if it were ever to be used in humans, it wouldn't have to go through the same long, expensive approval process that a new compound would require.

But most vets attempt to control the problems with mixtures of human antidepressant and anti-compulsive mediations and / or drugs know to control epilepsy.