2005

CURE Epilepsy Award, Funded by the Hope Foundation

Controlling Epileptogenicity In Human Focal Cortical Dysplasia

Massimo Avoli, MD, PhD
McGill University
 

Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) is a structural abnormality in the brain, which can lead to seizures, which do not respond to pharmacological treatment. In a second year of CURE funding, Dr. Avoli will be testing the hypothesis that gap-junctions in patients with FCD contribute to seizures and whether repetitive electrical stimulation of FCD networks can prevent seizures.

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Gene Therapy for the Catastrophic Type 1 Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy (EPM1)

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The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

The Joseph Gomoll Foundation
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Gemma Carvill, PhD

Northwestern University

Multimodal Profiling of Neuronal Morphology, Physiology and Gene Expression in Focal Cortical Dysplasia

Cathryn Cadwell MD, PhD

University of California, San Francisco

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