All Posts: epilepsy

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Clearing the Brain of Aging Cells Could Aid Epilepsy and Reduce Seizures

A new study from researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center found that temporal lobe epilepsy can be treated in mice by either genetically or pharmaceutically…

December 22, 2025

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Doctoral Students Hone Presentation Skills and Build Community at Student Research Day

Hosted by the Georgetown University Medical Center Graduate Student Organization (MCGSO) and Office of Biomedical Graduate Education (BGE), Student Research Day took place…

October 20, 2023

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Zooming in on Brain Circuits Allows Researchers to Stop Seizure Activity

WASHINGTON (December 16, 2019) — A team of neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center have found, in animal models, that they can “switch off” epileptic…

December 16, 2019

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Celebrating National Postdoc Appreciation Week

Reiko Asano, PhD, RN Reiko Asano, PhD, RN, is a postdoc in the department of professional nursing practice studying palliative care in heart failure. Reiko was inspired to study…

September 18, 2019