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MCB team identifies compound with potent antiseizure effects

Researchers Hee Jung Chung and Jennifer Walters stand together for photo in Chung Lab.
Researchers studying epileptic seizures of the temporal lobe – the most common type of epilepsy – discovered a compound that reduces seizures in the hippocampus, a brain region where many such seizures originate. The compound, known as TC-2153, lessened the severity of seizures in mice. The...