Overcoming Barriers to Improve Treatments in Epilepsy

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Jennifer C Wong. Epilepsy Curr. 2022.

. 2022 Oct 8;22(5):321-323.

doi: 10.1177/15357597221127164. eCollection 2022 Sep-Oct.

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Microvascular stabilization via blood-brain barrier regulation prevents seizure activity.
Greene C, Hanley N, Reschke CR, Reddy A, Mäe MA, Connolly R, Behan C, O'Keeffe E, Bolger I, Hudson N, Delaney C, Farrell MA, O'Brien DF, Cryan J, Brett FM, Beausang A, Betsholtz C, Henshall DC, Doherty CP, Campbell M. Greene C, et al. Nat Commun. 2022 Apr 14;13(1):2003. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29657-y. Nat Commun. 2022. PMID: 35422069 Free PMC article.

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