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Sep192009

A Specific Brain Protein may be Related to Epilepsy

DateSaturday, September 19, 2009 at 9:58

Researchers have discovered that mice that are missing the PRG-1 protein have seizures and the fits stop when the protein is returned to the brain.

The specific protein referred to is one encoded by plasticity related gene-1 (PRG-1) and is found only in the brain, according to the researchers. Its calming effect depends on how the protein interacts with lipids that provide a signaling function in the brain.

Hopefully, research like this and the EPGP Project, which I am participating in, will one day help people that suffer with Epilepsy live a seizure free life.

 

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