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New Models for Epileptogenesis
Current treatment approaches are "barking up the wrong tree"
The Scientist 2004, 18(22):16
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Epilepsy often develops after the brain is damaged, and patients commonly must take anticonvulsant drugs for a lifetime despite unpleasant side effects. Such drugs target the seizures but not the underlying cause. Now, new theories promise to untangle the mechanisms of epileptogenesis and presage the possibility of a new generation of drugs that treat the initial brain damage and prevent epilepsy from developing.
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