Treating epilepsy with a light potassium diet.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Gene therapy in a rat model of focal neocortical epilepsy decreases neuron excitability, preventing epileptogenesis and abrogating epileptic activity (Wykes et al.).
Medical subject headings
- Animals
- Epilepsies, Partial
- Epilepsies, Partial/genetics
- Epilepsies, Partial/therapy
- Genetic Therapy
- Kv1.1 Potassium Channel
- Kv1.1 Potassium Channel/genetics
- Kv1.1 Potassium Channel/therapeutic use
- Male
- Neocortex
- Neocortex/pathology
- Optogenetics