title: Treating epilepsy with a light potassium diet.
abstract: Gene therapy in a rat model of focal neocortical epilepsy decreases neuron excitability, preventing epileptogenesis and abrogating epileptic activity (Wykes et al.).
authors.affiliation: Aix Marseille Université, INS, and Inserm, UMRS 1106, Marseille Cedex 05, France. christophe.bernard@univ-amu.fr
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy*; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D051662:Kv1.1 Potassium Channel / Q000235:genetics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D019579:Neocortex / Q000473:pathology*; D062308:Optogenetics
chemical_list: D051662:Kv1.1 Potassium Channel