Amazon rainforest rodents (Proechimys) are resistant to post-stroke epilepsy

Abstract There are no clinical interventions to prevent post-injury epilepsy, a common and devastating outcome after brain insults. Epileptogenic events that run from brain injury to epilepsy are poorly understood. Previous studies in our laboratory suggested Proechimys, an exotic Amazonian rodent,...

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Main Authors: Nancy N. Ortiz-Villatoro, Selvin Z. Reyes-Garcia, Leandro Freitas, Laís D. Rodrigues, Luiz E. C. Santos, Jean Faber, Esper A. Cavalheiro, Josef Finsterer, Fulvio A. Scorza, Antônio C. G. de Almeida, Carla A. Scorza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96235-5