Study Reveals Structure of Brain Protein and Identifies Potential Drug Target for Epilepsy Research (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Study Reveals Structure of Brain Protein and Identifies Potential Drug Target for Epilepsy Research

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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai mapped a brain protein linked to autism and epilepsy and developed a compound that blocks it, reducing brain activity in tissue studies and pointing to a potential new treatment approach.

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Wacker et al., Nature Communications.

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