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Research reveals why epilepsy may develop when no genetic predisposition exists
A discovery made by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine while studying mice may help explain how some people without a genetic predisposition to epilepsy can develop the disorder.
Date: 23 April 2009
Source: Newswise
Article title: Researchers Discover That Gene Switches on During Development of Epilepsy
Summary:
Authors of a study report discovering that a gene, already known to predispose people who inherit an active form of it to certain forms of epilepsy, can actually be ‘switched on’ in animals that do not appear to have inherited the active form, and therefore a genetic predisposition, to the condition. The gene codes a calcium channel in the brain that underlies seizures, so the finding may reveal a mechanism by which epilepsy develops in those with no apparent genetic predisposition to it.
Link: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/551552/?sc=mwhn
