Preventing seizures after head injury could slow or prevent the onset of dementia
Preventing seizures after head injury could slow or prevent the onset of dementia Blocking seizures after a head injury could slow or prevent the onset of dementia, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists. Traumatic brain injury is a major risk factor for dementia, but the reason this is the case has remained mysterious. Through this research, we have discovered one important way they are linked--namely, post-injury seizures." Ted Allison, Co-Author and Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta "There is currently no treatmen...