A look into the causes of epilepsy with a Stanford neuroscientist

AuthorNicoletta LanesePublished onJanuary 25, 2018

John Huguenard, PhD, started his academic career studying the electrical excitability
of brain cells. Now, at his namesake lab in Stanford’s Department of Neurology &
Neurological Sciences, he and his team are learning what role that excitability plays
in epilepsy — and how we might someday control it.

“The premise of our lab is that the brain is complex, and its complexity has required
that it evolve mechanisms to keep things well controlled,” Huguenard said. “Our lab
is searching for those mechanisms.”