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Project Number: | I01BX004729-01A1 |
| Title: | PROBING THE CELL-SPECIFIC CONTROL OF FOCAL CORTICAL SEIZURE EVENTS IN VIVO |
| Principal Investigator: | Stelios Smirnakis |
| Location: | Boston, MA |
| Congressional District Code: | 7 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | January 2020 - December 2023 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $141,773 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$649,711 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Epilepsy is a common severe neurological disorder with one-year prevalence ~7/1,000, whose circuit mechanisms are poorly understood. Its prevalence is high among veterans. Patients with post-traumatic brain injury carry a high risk of epilepsy for decades following injury, causing considerable morbidity. At 15 years following injury 51% of the subjects in the Vietnam Head Injury Study carried a diagnosis of seizure. Clearly epi... |