Post-traumatic epilepsy: mechanisms and prevention.

L J Willmore
Author Information
  1. L J Willmore: Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77030, USA.

Abstract

An effective method to disrupt the process of post-traumatic epilepsy must await scientific understanding of epileptogenesis. If hemorrhage-induced focal lipid peroxidation is operant, then a strategy designed to disrupt initiation reactions may prove successful.

MeSH Term

Brain Injuries
Epilepsy
Humans