A dietary supplement dampens the brain hyperexcitability seen in seizures or epilepsy

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) UAB researchers have found that inducing a biochemical alteration in brain proteins via the dietary supplement glucosamine was able to rapidly dampen that pathological hyperexcitability in rat and mouse models. These results represent a potentially novel therapeutic target for the treatment of seizure disorders, and they show the need to better understand the physiology underlying these neural and brain circuit changes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news