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The Effects Of Interneuron Progenitor Cell Transplantation On Network Dynamics In An Animal Model Of Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Willie Curry
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Epilepsy is associated with a very high incidence of cognitive and behavioral comorbidities that are detrimental to overall quality of life. Current treatments for epilepsy,namely anticonvulsant pharmacological agents, generally increase the amount of inhibitory drive in order to counteract the hyperexcitability observed in the disorder. However, administration of these agents, while effective for 70% of epilepsy sufferers, leave a residual 30% of patients who don’t become seizure-free. The concomitant adverse side effects of anticonvulsants - these can paradoxically include increased cognitive "fog" or confusion, automatisms, and even increased number of seizures - are a great additional concern, as is the …