Neonatal dose of estrogen may prevent catastrophic epilepsyilepsy

HOUSTON (Jan. 22, 2014) – Giving newborn male mice with an inherited form of a disease called infantile spasms syndrome daily small doses of estrogen (estradiol) for a week after birth prevented spasms in infants and potentially catastrophic seizures later in life, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine (www.bcm.edu) in a report in the journal Science Translational Medicine (http://stm.sciencemag.org/).