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Dr. Matthew Campbell, an associate professor in the college’s School of Genetics and Microbiology, explained how this discovery could inform future seizure treatments.
“Our findings suggest that designing medicines aimed at stabilizing the integrity of blood vessels in the brain may hold promise in treating patients who are currently non-responsive to anti-seizure medications,” Dr. Campbell said.
Until now, this facet of seizures had not been analyzed to such an extent. Moreover, this discovery may help numerous other diseases.
“We are excited about the potential our findings hold for advancing the field of epilepsy research as well as other neurological conditions. In fact, stabilizing the integrity of blood vessels in the brain could have relevance for a wide range of other diseases. We are at the beginning of driving this research forward,” said Dr. Chris Greene, the study’s first author.
To read the researchers’ complete findings, visit the study linked here.
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