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Optogenetics: Controlling and eradicating epilepsy with lasers
2013-01-24 16:54:32| Extremetech
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of seizure activity in humans. It tends to arise predictably in discrete regions on the extreme poles of either side of the brain. The ability to detect signs that a seizure is about to occur, and short-circuit any undesirable neuronal activity with fiber-delivered laser light is arguably the advanced technology we can imagine for our day. It is here -- at least for genetically enhanced Mus musculus, the ordinary house mouse.
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Insero Health Completes Phase I Trial Of Novel Therapy In Patients With Drug Resistant Epilepsy
2013-01-02 02:28:49| drugdiscoveryonline News Articles
Insero Health, Inc., a company developing natural compounds to address unmet medical needs in neurological disorders, today announced that it has completed a Phase Ib trial of its lead compound INS001 in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy
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