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Indian-Origin Scientist Discovers Mechanism To Treat Epilepsy
NEW YORK: In what could help to prevent epilepsy, improve treatment for schizophrenia and other neurological disorders, a team of researchers have now identified a complex network of proteins that contribute to these afflictions.
"Our study pertains to the discovery of the ying-yang for neuronal cross-talk that is essential for normal healthy brain function," Chennai born Vivek Mahadevan, a Ph.D student at the University of Toronto in Canada, told.
"The reason that this is important is because for long, researchers thought they exist and function separately to maintain the opposing forms of brain communication called excitation and inhibition," Mahadevan added.
"Our discovery of the coexistence of these opposing forces is a significant scientific advancement towards the understanding of normal brain function and towards curing of diseases such as epilepsy, pain and autism," he noted.
Neurons in the brain communicate with other neurons through synapses, communication that can either excite or inhibit other neurons.
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