Seizures are like sudden electrical storms in the brain that can cause lasting damage. A set of immune cells in the brain called microglia may provide protection.
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Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton
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Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, UCL
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Research Fellow in Neuroimmunology, UCL
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Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience, University of Virginia
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Ph.D. Candidate in Pharmacology, University of Virginia
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PhD Candidate in neuroscience, Université Laval
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Étudiant à la maîtrise en neurosciences, Université Laval
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Associate professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Université Laval
