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Less tau reduces seizures and sudden death in severe epilepsy

January 23, 2013 by

Deleting or reducing expression of a gene that carries the code for tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease, can prevent seizures in a severe type of epilepsy linked to sudden death, said researchers.

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