A high fat ketogenic diet will
stop epileptic seizures in some cases where pharmaceutical drugs do not work.
The next step will be to test it with live cells and the researchers hope eventually to, for example alleviate pain,
stop epileptic seizures, and reduce the symptoms of Parkinsons disease, using exactly the required dose at exactly the affected cells.
Sometimes brain scans fail to identify which regions need to be removed to
stop epileptic seizures.
Not exact matches
The most effective treatment is currently to remove the affected areas in an operation, after which the
epileptic seizures generally
stop happening.
Drug delivery into muscle using an autoinjector — akin to the EpiPen that treats serious allergic reactions — can quickly and effectively
stop prolonged
epileptic seizures.
The prize celebrates Dr. Paz's discovery that
epileptic seizures can be
stopped in real - time in rodents using optogenetics — a tool that enables scientists to turn certain cells in the brain on or off with light.