title: Seizing the opportunity: stem cells take on epilepsy.
abstract: Stem cells represent a promising source of neurons for the potential treatment of a host of neurological conditions, including epilepsy. In this issue of Cell Stem Cell, Cunningham et al. (2014) use cortical GABAergic interneuron progenitors derived from human embryonic stem cells to treat chronic temporal lobe epilepsy in a mouse model.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19083, USA; Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19083, USA.
authors.forename: Ethan M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19083, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19083, USA. Electronic address: coulterd@email.chop.edu.
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Coulter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005260:Female; D059330:GABAergic Neurons / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007395:Interneurons / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000628:therapy*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation