Quynh Anh Nguyen received a K99/R00 Career Development Award, entitled “Neural circuit mechanisms controlling seizures”. Quynh Anh will utilize recently developed molecular and optogenetic tools to identify and study neuronal circuits active during seizures in mouse models of temporal lobe epilepsy.

Ivan Soltesz and his colleagues have found that a marijuana-like chemical in the brain calms epileptic seizures but also increases memory loss. […]