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New mechanism discovered behind infant epilepsy

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet/SciLifeLab and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden have discovered a new explanation for severe early infant epilepsy. Mutations in the gene encoding the protein KCC2 can cause the disease, hereby confirming an earlier theory. The findings are being published in the journal  Nature Communications.

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Last updated: 2015-09-03

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